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Professor
Phone:
(+91-22) 2576 7364
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(+91-22) 2572 3480
Education:
Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2001)
Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellow, Columbia University, New York (2010-11)
Research Interests:
Epistemology: Social Epistemology, Evolutionary Epistemology
Naturalistic Ethics
Issues in Philosophy of Language (especially Wittgenstein)
Courses Taught:
Postgraduate:
- Theory of Knowledge
- Philosophy of Language
- Contemporary Thinkers
- Research Methods in Social Sciences
- Philosophy of Development
Undergraduate:
- Philosophy of Science
- Professional Ethics
- Moral and Political Philosophy
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Environmental Studies
Publications:
Research Articles (Published/ accepted)
- “Popper’s Evolutionary Therapy to Meno’s Paradox” (co-author Lalit Saraswat), Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR), Springer, Volume 36, Issue 1, 2019
- "The Duhem-Quine problem for equiprobable conjuncts” (co-author Abhishek Kashyap), Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Elsevier (in press) Available online September 2018
- “The Plausibility and Significance of Underdetermination Arguments” (co-author Abhishek Kashyap), Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR), Springer, (In Press) Published online 2018.
- “Wittgenstein on ‘nonsense’” (co-author M. Mallick), Indian Philosophical Quarterly (IPQ), Vol. No. 40, 2016.
- “Ineffable Truths” (co-author M. Mallick), Athens Journal of Humanities & Arts (ISSN: 2241-7702) published by the Research Division of Arts and Humanities of ATINER, Athens, Greece, 2016.
- “Privacy of Moral Perspective” (co-author M. Mallick), Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR), Vol. 31 No.2, Springer, New Delhi, 2015.
- “Wittgenstein on the realm of Ineffable” (co-author M. Mallick), Philosophy Pathways: Electronic Journal (ISSN 2043 0728), Issue No.190, 2015 Published by International Society for Philosophers and distributed by the University of Sheffield.
- “Wittgenstein’s Transcendental Ethics: A response to R.C. Pradhan” (co-author M. Mallick), in Language, Mind & Reality: A Reflection on Philosophical Thoughts of R.C. Pradhan, R.K.Panda (Ed.), New Delhi: Overseas Press, 2015.
- “What is ‘higher’ about values: A Wittgensteinian response” (co-author M. Mallick), Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR), Vol. XXIX No: 2. 2015
- “Wittgenstein’s view on nonsensicality of ethics” (co-author M. Mallick), Philosophia E-Journal of Philosophy and Culture, Sofia University, Bulgaria (ISSN: 1314-5606), Vol. VIII No.8, 2014.
- “Espousing Indian Epistemological Thoughts in Constructing Scientific Knowledge” in R.S.Shekhavat (ed.) Indian Philosophical Thoughts and Rationality, Jaipur: University Publisher,2014.
- “Social Criticism and Cultural Creativity”, in Vanlalnghak and L. Lenka (eds.) Philosophy of Cultures, New Delhi: Akansha Publishing House, 2013.
- “Nature and Construction of Scientific Knowledge”, Language and Social Construction in Vikram Singh Sirola & Ranjan Kumar Panda (eds.) (forthcoming from Routledge) (accepted in 2011).
- “On the Semantics of Scientific Knowledge”, Testimony and Knowledge, Amitabh Dasgupta & Ananda V. Wazalwar (Eds.). (accepted in 2011).
- “Making Sense of Metaphysical Nonsense: Investigating the Tractarian Paradox”, Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Vol. XXVI, No. 4, 2009 (Published in 2011).
- “Revisiting Popper’s Evolutionary Theory of Knowledge”, in Juraj Hvorecky and Tomas Hribek (eds.) Knowledge, Value, Evolution, Prague: Filosofia Publishers, 2011.
- “Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge: Revisiting Searlean notion of Brute and Institutional Facts”, Proceedings of the 32 International Wittgenstein Symposium, Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna, 2009.
- “End of Ordinary Language Philosophy: Reviewing Chomskyan Stance”, in K. Kumar (ed.) Chomsky Revisited, CIL, Mysore, 2009.
- “A Discourse on Creativity in Arts” (Co-author, Surabhi Rathi), Proceedings of the Kansas conference on Arts and Humanities, 2007
- “Faith Without Recompense: Wittgensteinian Perspective on Religious Faith”, Wittgenstein on Ethics and Religious Belief, ed. K.C.Pandey, Rawat Publication, 2007.
- “Re-ethnicizing the Minds? Cultural Revival in Contemporary Thought”, Sandhan: Journal of Centre for Studies in Civilizations Vol VI No.2, 2007.
- “Social Criticism through Internal and Intercultural Dialogues”, Proceedings of the 29th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna, 2006.
- “Why Science Alone Cannot Unravel the Mystery of Consciousness: A Wittgensteinian Perspective”, Sandhan: Journal of Centre for Studies in Civilizations, Vol.V No.1, 2005.
- “Vedantic Influence on Western thoughts: A Study of Wittgenstein's Philosophy”, in N.K. Jha (ed.) Contemporary World Order: a Vedic Perspective, WAVES, 2003.
- “Dialectics of Language and Reality”, Spirituality, Science and Technology, in A. Mishra (ed.) IPC, 2001.
- “A comparative study of earlier and later Wittgenstein” Gurukula Shodh Patrika, 1996.
Book:
In Defence of Liberal-Pluralism, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, U.K., 2009. (co-author C. Upendra, P.R. Bhat)
Conferences:
Conference Papers:
- “Epistemology of Development: Conflicts and Contradictions,” National Seminar on Critique of Development in Indian Context: a Philosophical Appraisal, Visva Bharati University, March 2019
- “Social Epistemics and the Question of Recognition,” Papers presented in a session on Epistemology, 24TH World Congress of Philosophy, Beijing, China, August 2018.
- “Paradox of Peace: An Epistemological and Moral Inquiry From ‘East,’ Roundtable talk on Eastern notion of Peace, 24TH World Congress of Philosophy, Beijing, China, August 2018.
- “An evolutionary epistemological reading of Meno’s Paradox: evaluating Goldman’s critique,” Conference on Social Epistemology of Alvin Goldman, ICPR Lucknow, February 2017.
- “Social Epistemics and the Question of Recognition,” Conference on Philosophical Praxis: Theory and Practice, University of Rajasthan, February 2016.
- “Interdisciplinarity and Research: a Social Epistemological Perspective” Workshop on Interdisciplinary Research Methodology In Memory of Professor M.P. Marathe January 2016
- “Epistemic charity and the question of authentic experience,” Seminar on “Dalit in Theory and Practice – Cracked Mirror,” ICPR, Lucknow, March 2015.
- “Epistemic Charity and the Question of Recognition,” Conference on multiculturalism, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, January 2015.
- “Espousing Indian Epistemological Thoughts in Constructing Scientific Knowledge,” National Conference on Indian Thoughts and Rationality, Brij University, Bharatpur, February 2014
- “Is Knowledge Socially Constructed,” Invited Lecture in Bombay Philosophical Society, University of Mumbai, October 2013.
- “A Tightrope Walker: K. Satchidananda Murty on Religiosity,” Seminar on Professor K.S. Murthy, Department of Philosophy, University of Madras, 28-30 January 2013.
- “Revisiting Popper’s Evolutionary Theory of Knowledge,” Conference on Knowledge, Value, Evolution, Institute of Philosophy AV ČR, Prague, 2009.
- “Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge: Revisiting Searlean Notion of Brute and Institutional Facts,” International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg, Austria, August 2009.
- “Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge,” Language, Mind, and Social Construction, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, March 2009.
- “On the Semantics of Scientific Knowledge,” ICPR Seminar on Language & Testimony, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, February 2009.
- “Ordinary Language Philosophy and its Critics,” Talk delivered at ICPR organized Refresher Course on Research Methods in Philosophy, Mumbai University, 2008
- “End of Ordinary Language Philosophy: Reviewing Chomskyan Stance,” National seminar on Noam Chomsky and the Contemporary World, Pondicherry University, 2008.
- “Language of Social Explanation: Revisiting ‘Wittgenstein on Social Science,” ICPR National seminar on Science, Society, and Self: Revisiting Debates in Philosophy of Social Sciences, University of Goa, March 2007.
- “Discourse without Metaphysics: Wittgenstein on the Every day,” ICPR National seminar on Recent trends in Metaphysics, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, February 2007.
- “Making Sense of Metaphysical Nonsense: Investigating the Tractarian Paradox,” Conference of Australasian Association of Philosophy, New Zealand Division, Victoria University of Wellington, December 2006.
- “Social Criticism through Internal and Intercultural Dialogues,” 29th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg, Austria, August 2006.
- “Meaning of Life and the Transcendent: Eastern and Western perspective,” International Conference on Cultural and Religious Mosaic of South and Southeast Asia: Conflict and Consensus Through the Ages. South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Religion (SSEASR), New Delhi, 2005.
- “Social Criticism: Move Towards Social Reconstruction,”ICPR National seminar on Philosophical Foundations of Contemporary Social Movements in India, Organized by Department of Philosophy, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, September 2005.
- “Faith Without Recompense: Wittgensteinian Perspective on Religious Faith,” ICPR National seminar on Wittgenstein on Ethics and Religious Belief organized by Dept. of Philosophy, Govt. College, Dharamshala, 28th to 30th October 2005.
- “Social Criticism and Cultural Creativity,” National Seminar on Contemporary Responses to Understanding Cultures, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 2005.
- “Understanding Social Criticism,” Seminar on International Philosophy Day, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay in collaboration with ICPR New Delhi, Mumbai, 2005.
- “Secularism Revisited,” Seminar on Secularism, Bombay Philosophical Society & Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 2005.
- “Vedantic Influence on the West: A Study of Wittgenstein's Philosophy,” International Seminar on Vedic wisdom and contemporary world order, World Association of Vedic Studies (WAVES) in collaboration with Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 2004.