Reza Davari Ardakani (Persian: رضا داوری اردکانی; born 6 July 1933, in Ardakan) is an Iranian philosopher who was influenced by Martin Heidegger, and a distinguished emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran.

[3] Davari received primary and secondary education in Arkadan, and after finishing school became a teacher in 1951.

In 1954, he entered the University of Tehran as an undergraduate, gaining a BA and in 1967 a PhD in philosophy.

From 1979 to 1981, he was dean at the faculty of literature and humanities, University of Tehran, and the head of Iranian National Commission for UNESCO from 1979 to 1982.

[5] Davari and Abdolkarim Soroush have engaged in a series of philosophical debates in post-revolutionary Iran.