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December 2025

Day 1

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Thematic Sessions

23 Parallel Sessions
Seminar Room 1
Philosophy of Mind and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Can Machines Have Minds? Rethinking Consciousness and Intentionality through Dennett’s Multiple Drafts Model
Embodiment and Moral Competence in Artificial Agents
Functional Autonomy without Moral Agency: Rethinking Agentic AI
Epistemic Echoes: How Algorithmic Systems Know, Mis-Know, and Reproduce Social Inequality
Being Human in the Machine Age: Philosophy’s response to Existential Disruption
Simulated Ethics, Misplaced Trust: The Illusion of Moral Alignment in LLMs
Eco Hub 203
Regional Language (Tamil)
தகவல் வெள்ளம்: ஃபுளோரிடியின் தகவல் மெய்யியலையும் திருக்குறளையும் முன்வைத்துச் சில கவனப் பதிவுகள் (Flood of Information: Some Observations with Reference to Floridi’s Philosophy of Information and Tirukkural)
வேதாத்திரியப் பார்வையில், தனிமனித ஒழுக்கமும் சமுதாய நெறிமுறைகளும்
செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவும் வணிக அறவியலும்: ஒரு பார்வை Artificial Intelligence and Business Ethics: A Study
சைவ சித்தாந்த சாத்திரங்களில் சுத்தாத்துவிதஉவமைகளும் சிவஞானபோதமாபாடியமும்
சார்வாகாவின் இயல்பு அற உண்மைக் கொள்கை: ஒரு பார்வை
சித்தர்களின் வாழ்வியலும் தத்துவச்சிந்தனைகளும் - ஓர் ஆய்வு
சைவசித்தாந்தமும் பக்தி மார்க்கமும்: சமய- தத்துவ நோக்கில் ஓர் ஆய்வு
Seminar Room 2
Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics and Bio-Ethics
Multiple paper presentations
Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic: Theory and Modern Relevance
Virtue-Based Environmental Ethics: Developing Moral Character for Enduring Sustainability
Towards a sustainable Future: A Social Philosophical Perspective
Ethos in Ecoculturalism: A Philosophical Inquiry into Shared Existence
Vinaya Piṭaka and Buddha’s approach to Biodiversity Conservation
The Mulai Forest: A Testament of Environmental ethics to Environmental Activism
Eco Hub 202
Regional Language (Bengali)
ভীষ্মের ধর্ম সংকট
বর্তমান শিক্ষা ব্যবস্থায় বৌদ্ধ ও সাংখ্য দর্শন সম্প্রদায়েরপ্রাসঙ্গিকতা
বাউল দর্শন ও সহজিয়া সাধনা:রাবীন্দ্রিক চিন্তনে
রবীন্দ্রনাথের ধর্মভাবনা: একটি অনুসন্ধান
Board Room
Regional Language (Hindi)
डॉ.भीमराव अम्बेडकर के नारीवादी दार्शनिक अवधारणा एवं समकालीन प्रासंगिकता
Samajik Nayai par Dr. Bhimrav Ambedakar ka Darshnik Dristikon
बौद्ध दर्शन में शून्यता की अवधारणा एवं उनका सहस्तित्वात्मक स्वरूप
स्त्री निर्मिति : पित्तृसत्ताओं का विश्लेषण
हिंदी कविता का समकालीन परिदृश्य : ग्रामीण चेतना, लोक-संस्कृति और अस्तित्ववादी संवेदना का दार्शनिक अन्वेषण
संत गाडगे बाबा का नैतिक दर्शन
Conference Room
Metaphysics and Ontology (East and West)
Physical-Phenomenal Gap: Is it an illusion of Explanation?
The Relationship, Tensions, and Synthesis between Philosophical Theories of Consciousness and Contemporary Neuroscience
The Extended Mind In The Age Of Smartphones
Extended Mind/ Cognition: Unification of the Waves and its Aftereffects
Indian philosophy and the combination/de-combination problem facing panpsychism
Scoring Cognitive Parity: Accuracy Assessments and the Belief–Credence Divide
Lecture Hall 33
Epistemic Normativity & Knowledge
Epistemic Normativity and Externalism: A Defense of Plantinga’s Proper Function Account
Beyond Subjectivity: Understanding qualia through the lens of Phenomenal Externalism
A Priori Intuitions of Space and the Distinction Between Psychological and Geometric Space
Epistemic Justification and the Contemporary Condition
McDowell on Re-enchantment of Nature
Lecture Hall 32
Classical Indian Philosophy, Dharma and Ethics
Concept of Dharma and Contemporary World: A Philosophical Inquiry
Dharma, Ethics and Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita: A Critical Analysis
Right vs Duty: From the Gita’s Perspective
The Ancient Indian Concept of Ṛṇa: A Philosophical Exploration
The Concept of Dharma Rajya in Integral Humanism
Ahimsa and Aparigraha in Global Conflict: Acharanga Sutra Insights on Peace
Lecture Hall 31
Yoga, Siddha & Classical Indian Spirituality
Vedantic Bhakti Literature in India (1925–2025): Continuity and Transformation
Divine Nature: The Overpowering Beliefs of the Toto Tribes
From Spiritual Humanism to Social revolution: A Comparative Study of Tagore and Nazrul
Examining the Interdependence of Concentration (samadhi) and Consciousness (citta): A Philosophical Perspective from Theravada Buddhism
Inner Light and Universal Grace: Tagore's Gitanjali and Quaker Mysticism
Lecture Hall 23
Philosophy of Religion & Spirituality
Reconstructing Faith: Muhammad Iqbal and the Possibility of Religion in Modernity
God Truth and Salvation in Interfaith Dialogue
Nietzsche Redefines Religion: The Death of God and the Ascent of Immanent Sacredness
Swami Vivekananda's Vision of Universal Religion as a Way of Life
Karl Marx's Perspective on Religion: A Philosophical Analysis
The Nondual Metaphysics of Devotion
Lecture Hall 21
History of Philosophy
History of Philosophy @ 2047
Indian Philosophy Unfolded Over A Century
Historical Evolution of Philosophy in Swaraj India
Internationalization of the Ancient Indian Education: A Review Paper
The Platonic Soul- Principle of Proportionality in the Cosmos and the Individual
Faith Beyond Boundaries: The Spiritual Harmony of Rabia al-Basri and Meerabai
Lecture Hall 22
Logic and Scientific Method
Extending Syllogistic Logic by including Indefinite Propositions
In Defense of Psychologism
W. V. O. Quine and Kit Fine on the Modal Conception of Essence
Single Valued Neutrosophic Modelling Within Seven-Fold Predication: A Case for Fuzzy Logic
What Biomedicine Is—and Is Not: Clarifying Its Philosophical Commitments
Logic and scientific method in the process of Law
Seminar Room 15
Themes from Continental Philosophy
Beauvoir Beyond Sartre: Challenging Sartrean Dominance
Enigmatic Metamorphosis or Global Revelation? Reevaluating Sartre’s Phenomenology of Emotion
Camus and the Specter of the Unfinished: Is the Self Always in Crisis?
In Search of Authentic Existence: Comparing Sartrean Humanism and Buddhism
The Exploration of the Modern Self: A Taylorian Perspective
The Inevitable Other: Buber and Krishnamurti on Self-Knowledge
Seminar Room 14
Humanism and Global Ethics
The Transition of the Concept of State: From Cultivating Virtue to Protecting Individual Rights in Western Political Thought
Globalization and Ethics – An Exposition
The Influence of Indian Philosophy on Global Intellectual Trends
Are Race and Gender Morally Relevant Criteria? Rethinking Affirmative Action and Reservation Policy
Rawls under the Veil of Ignorance: A Self-Assessment on His Kantian Commitments
Erich Fromm: Social Character and Sane Society
Seminar Room 13
Contemporary Indian Philosophical Thought
Concept of Reality in Sri Ramakrishna’s Samanvayi Vedānta: A Study
Sri Aurobindo's Notion of Time
The Influence of Gita on Shri Aurobindo’s Philosophy
The Methodless Method: An Inquiry into the Transformative Nature of Jiddu Krishnamurti’s Dialogue
Finite-Infinite Aspect in the Philosophies of Radhakrishnan and Kierkegaard
A.C. Mukherjee's Resolution of Egocentric Paradox
Seminar Room 12
Social Justice and Political Philosophy
When Cognition Becomes Collective: Ethical Issues in Extended and Collective Minds
When Omission Equals Commission: The Liability of Doing Nothing
Beyond Blame: Reconstructing Iris Marion Young’s Social Connection Model of Responsibility
Problematizing Sexual Promises in the Context of Marriage
Knowing with the Oppressed: The Epistemology of Dialogue in the Philosophy of Paulo Freire
Finance and Philosophy - A Study of Intersection, Interdependence, and Impact
Seminar Room 5
Value, Agency, and Moral Psychology
Emotion as Moral Insight: Rorty and the Ethics of Care
Moral Judgments because and despite of Sympathy Exploring Hume’s Common Point of View
Morality in Lens of Hume and Kant
Reason Guides and Emotion Decides: Decoding David Hume’s Sentimentalism
The Moral ‘I’ in Kant’s Practical Anthropology
Well-being, Hedonism, and Nozick’s Experience Machine
Seminar Room 4
Buddhism And Jain Philosophical Traditions
A Buddhist Philosophical Inquiry into Health, Happiness, and the Cultivation of Mental Well-Being
Ethical Concerns in Buddhist Karmic Mechanism
Significance of Śraddhā in Buddhist Ethics: A Study with reference to the Śikṣāsamuccaya
The Concept of Moral Responsibility in Buddhist Ethics: A Philosophical Analysis
The Paradox of Living in the Moment: An Analysis of status quo through the lens of Buddhist Philosophy
Bodies, Beauty, and Ethical Agency: A Study of Embodied Virtue in Buddhist Thought with Reference to the Lotus Sūtra and the Śikṣāsamuccaya
Seminar Room 3
Gender, Identity and Ethics of Care
Beauvoir, Butler, and the Reconstitution of Sex and Gender
Rethinking Constructionism in Judith Butler’s Theoretical Framework
Irigaray's Ideas on Identity and Subjectivity
The Ethics of Recognition: de Beauvoir's Articulation of Subjectivity
Butler's Epistemological Critique of Gender.
Relating in Love through Beauvoir’s Ambiguity unfolding Temporally
10

December 2025

Day 2

2:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Thematic Sessions (Parallel)

21 Parallel Sessions
Seminar Room 15
Themes from Continental Philosophy
Philosophical Counseling, Phenomenology, and the Quest for meaning: An integrated Approach
Reviving Dialogue: The Rise of Philosophical Counselling in India and Its Promise for Human Well-Being
Rethinking Ethical Relativism: Remarks and Responses to Rovane’s Framework
Revisiting Homo Sacer in the Age of Surveillance and Digital Control
Heidegger's Notion of Das Man: The Problem of Being in the Crowd
Existential Ethics and Sound Moral Reasoning - An analysis of the ethical approaches of Kierkegaard and Camus
Board Room
Regional Language (Hindi)
भारतीय दर्शन में चेतना का स्वरूप और कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता (AI) युग की चुनौतियाँ
डिजिटल अहं और आत्म-विसर्जन : सोशल मीडिया के दौर में भारतीय दर्शन Digital Ego and the Dissolution of Self: Indian Philosophy in the Era of Social Media
आदिवासी दर्शन :धार्मिक ,सामाजिक ,शैक्षणिक,पर्यावरणीय दृष्टीकोण से
लोक न्याय
तर्कशास्त्र की पुनर्स्थापना: विज्ञापन, न्यायालय और मीडिया का विमर्श
Srimadbhagvadgita me Yog-Chhem : Ek Vimarsh
Conference Room
Metaphysics and Ontology (East and West)
Is Reality Mind-Independent? A Critical Examination
An Ontological Study on Defining Cyberspace
Beyond the Original: Iteration’s Metaphysical Migration in Western Thought
Journey of Bharatiya Darshan Shastra: A Century Behind, A Century Ahead : From Advaita Intelligence to the Beginning of Artificial Intelligence.
Right View and Relationality: A Metaphysics of Interdependence for an Ethical Life
Dreams and Consciousness: Revisiting Malcolm through Thompson’s Perspective
Lecture Hall 33
Epistemic Normativity & Knowledge
A Critique of Zagzebsky's Theory of Experiential Transmission
The Epistemic Imperative: Knowledge, Virtue, and Agency in the Digital Age
Adopting a Zetetic Framework
Value of True Beliefs in the World of Knowledge
Hinge Epistemology and the Epistemic Dilemma
Ability Thesis and Phenomenal Knowledge
Lecture Hall 32
Classical Indian Philosophy, Dharma and Ethics
Sankara Advaita Vedanta– Relevance to Ethics in the Modern Times
The Concept of Cosmocentric Ethics in Indian Philosophy
Cultivating Virtue in a Guṇa-Driven Cosmos: Analyzing Bhāvas in The Yuktidīpikā
Mathematical View of Vedic Philosophy: An Exploration
Social Organization of the Early Rigvedic Period
Lecture Hall 31
Yoga, Siddha & Classical Indian Spirituality
The Spiritual Philosophy and Yoga of Tamil Siddhas
Folklore, Saints and Philosophy of Saiva Siddhanta
Sacred Service and Saiva Thought: The Nayanmars’ Social and Philosophical Legacy
Ethical Foundations and Spiritual Realization in Classical Yoga Philosophy
Prayer, Bhakti and the Spiritual Foundations in Tagore and Gandhian Philosophy: A Reflection
Odia Bhāgabata and the Question of the Antiquity of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Lecture Hall 22
Logic and Scientific Method
Measurement in Quantum Mechanics: Reconsidering von Neumann’s and Schrödinger’s Accounts
Modest Evidentialism, Pragmatic Rationality, and Decision Making in Science
Contextualising Phenomena-Data Relation in Science: An Overhaul of Bogen-Woodward's Framework
Naturalness as an Acquired Property of Kind Terms
Value in science: Rationality from within the Social
Can We Apply Scientific Methods to Understand the Nature of Consciousness?
Lecture Hall 21
History of Philosophy
The Historical Foundations of Vedānta: A Study of the Evolution of Indian Philosophical Thought
Decoding the Vedic Injunctions in Vasiṣṭha Saṃhitā
From trivarga to caturvarga: The Role of the Inner Self
Sri Aurobindo’s Spiritual Vision and Its Implications
Why Women Philosophers Matter: Rethinking the History of Western Philosophy
How do Lokāyatas understand loka-prasiddhi in the loka?
Lecture Hall 23
Philosophy of Religion & Spirituality
Mythological Retellings of Femme Fatale in Hinduism: Exploration into the Feminine Lover Archetype
The Problem of Evil and the Psychology of Suffering: A Modern Reinterpretation of Theodicy
Reassessing the In-Between-ness: Soteriology and Survival
Neo-Buddhism and Neo-Vedanta: The Two Panaceas of The Modern Era
Islamic Waqf and the Sustainable Development Goals : Past, Present, and Future Pathways to Sustainable Development
Tribal Religious Identity: A Philosophical Study
Seminar Room 3
Gender, Identity and Ethics of Care
Hannah Arendt and the Crisis of Universal Human Rights
Indian Women and the Question of Representation in Gayatri Spivak’s Works
Reclaiming the Table through a Postcolonial Feminist Pragmatist Approach
Women and Society: Lensing of the two through Societal Lens with reference to Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler
Exploring Ethical Subjectivity: A Feminist Phenomenological Approach
Conceptualizing Ethical Care in the Philosophy of Nel Noddings and Martha Nussbaum: An Approach to Moral Development
Seminar Room 14
Humanism and Global Ethics
A Study of the Humanist Account of Ethical Terms
The Ethical Notion Of Freedom: A Comparative Study Of Sartre And Krishnamurthy
Humanistic roots of India’s Philosophical systems
A Comparative Analysis of Radical Humanism and Integral Humanism: A Study of M.N. Roy and Deendayal Upadhyaya's Divergent Philosophical Traditions
Revisiting Detachment: From Vairāgya to Anāsakti (An Inquiry into the Ethical Reinterpretation of Freedom in Indian Philosophy)
Philosophy of Integrated Humanism
Seminar Room 13
Contemporary Indian Philosophical Thought
K. C. Bhattacharyya on the Distinction between Science and Philosophy
The Ethical Mind: From Introspection to Social Responsibility in Krishnamurti and Hume
Pradhan on Kant’s Transcendental turn
Pathless Ethics: J. Krishnamurti and the Redefining of Moral Inquiry in Indian Philosophy
Lingayat the Native, Logical and Scientific Philosophy
Practical Reason and Vedanta Philosophy: Reflections from the Observations of Dr. S Radhakrishnan
Seminar Room 12
Social Justice and Political Philosophy
A Comparative Study of John Rawls’ and Dr. Ambedkar’s Theories of Social Justice
Ambedkar’s Buddhist Thought: A Framework for Building a Just And Equitable Society
Empowering the Marginalized Through Education: An Ambedkarite Vision of a Just and Progressive Nation
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Critique of Social Consciousness in Indian Philosophy: From Hierarchy to Cognitive Freedom
Religion is for Man; Man is not for Religion – Dr. Ambedkar
An Education System in Self Knowledge & Understanding
Seminar Room 5
Value, Agency, and Moral Psychology
A Critique of the Sociobiology of Morals
Altruism, Egoism, and the Limitations of Selflessness as a Normative Moral Theory
The Extent of Our Obligation to Help
Objectual Moral Understanding: A Non-reductionist Account
Philosophy of Action
God,Justice, and the Death of Common Sense: A Philosophical Attempt.
Seminar Room 2
Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics and Bio-Ethics
Carvaka Materialism and the Ethics of Sustainability: Can Hedonism Be Green?’
Dharma in the Anthropocene: An Ecological Rethinking from Svadharma to Prakriti-Dharma
Indian Environmental Ethics: Ahiṁsā and the Sacredness of Nature in a Climate Crisis
The Apatani Tribe: A Testament Towards Climate Resilience and Adaptation
Sustainable Development through the Lens of the Indian Knowledge System
Seminar Room 4
Buddhism And Jain Philosophical Traditions
Human Responsibilities towards Environment: With Special Reference to Buddhism
Global Modernization and Bio-ethical Issues in the perspective of Jainism : With Special Reference to Organ Donation and Transplantation
Metaethics in Philosophy of Jainism
The Many-sidedness in Philosophical Counseling: Exploring Anekāntavāda as a Philosophical Counseling Methodology
Building Cohesive Societies: Ethical Insights from Buddhism and Jainism for Social Renewal
Buddhist Pāramitās in the light of the Sustainable Goals
Seminar Room 1
Philosophy of Mind and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Existential Anxiety in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Inquiry
The Changing Landscape of Creativity in the Age of Generative AI
The Self(ie) and the Sartrean Gaze: Digital Vulnerability through Māyā and Existentialism
The Violence of Positivity: Byung Chul Han Perspective in the Information Society
Deconstructing Digital Violence Through Vedant Philosophy
Rethinking Free Will Through Turing’s Vision of Machine Intelligence
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December 2025

Day 3

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Thematic Sessions

21 Parallel Sessions
Seminar Room 15
Themes from Continental Philosophy
Beyond the instrument: A Heideggerian Ontology of Modern Technological Existence
The Abyss as Beginning: On the Poetic Foundations of Schelling and Hegel
Relation Between Ontology and Epistemology – A Metaphilosophical Critique
Time is Heraclitean flux
Human Resilience through Non-Violent Communication (NVC) in Philosophical Practice
Anti-Matter and Consciousness
Board Room
Regional Language (Hindi)
श्री अरविंद का शिक्षा दर्शन:वर्तमान संदर्भ में मूल्यात्मक उपादेयता
अमर्त्य सेन को दृष्टि में सामाजिक चयन सिद्धांत
आर डी रानडे का रहस्यवाद: एक दार्शनिक विश्लेषण
पं. दीनदयाल उपाध्याय का एकात्म मानववाद
अष्टाङ्गयोग – समस्त सांसारिक समस्याओं का समाधान
आदि बौद्ध दर्शन पर उपनिषदों का प्रभाव: एक आलोचनात्मक मूल्यांकन
Conference Room
Metaphysics and Ontology (East and West)
The Jaina model of Abhāva with a brief study of Atadbhāva
Problematising Kaivalya in Īśvarakṛṣṇa’s Sāṃkhyakārikā
Is Deep Sleep Conscious? Indian Philosophical Perspective on Consciousness in Suṣupti
The Four States of Consciousness as described in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
Objective Plurality in Pratyabhijñā Philosophy
On the Method of Anekāntavāda
Lecture Hall 32
Classical Indian Philosophy, Dharma and Ethics
Aum Ishāvāsyamidam Sarvam
The Metaphysics of Post-Mortem Existence: A Comparative Study of Ātman and Anātman in Advaita Vedānta and Buddhism
Mokṣa in Contemporary Indian Thought: The Philosophical Vision of Dr R. P. Parnerkar
The Three Eternal Realities in the Vedic Traditions - A Study of Brahman, Jīva, and Prakṛti
The Enigma of Life in the Praśna Upanishad: A Vedantic Perspective on Consciousness and Being
Exploring Cosmism within the Vedānta Philosophy
Lecture Hall 33
Epistemic Normativity & Knowledge
On Dhvani: The Pre-Poetic Views of Grammarians and The Nayāyikas
From Sphoṭa to Semantics: Sanskrit Perspectives on the Philosophy of Language
Cognition and Human Learning: A Dialogue Between Chomskyan Linguistics and the Mahābhāṣya
The Living Word: Language, Meaning, and Consciousness in Indian Thought
Reflections on Nagarjuna's Critique of Epistemology
Semantic-Pragmatic Analysis of Negation within Śrīharṣa’s Refutational Strategy
Lecture Hall 31
Yoga, Siddha & Classical Indian Spirituality
Form Relation Theory of Poornvad doctrine
Sarvātmabhāva as Total Love: A Philosophical Study within Śuddhādvaita Vedānta
Śrimanta Śaṅkardeva and the Quest for Oneness: Advaita or Viśiṣṭādvaita?
Probing in to the Philosophy Underlying the Vedic Hymns
Reason, Faith, and the Myth of Blind Faith: A Critical Inquiry
Materialistic ideas in Orthodox Schools of Indian Philosophy
Lecture Hall 22
Logic and Scientific Method
On Pseudo-Propositions of Tractatus
Identify different ways of doing philosophy and approaches to integration of methods with particular reference to Matilal
Aristotle's Account of Induction: A Culmination of Perceptual Activity and Intuitive Insight
Application of Nyaya and Aristotelian Logical Tools in Contemporary Debates
A Pragma-Dialectical Perspective to understand Argumentation Strategies in Digital Discourse: Case Study
Wittgenstein on Metaphilosophy: A Critique of Logic and Scientific Method
Lecture Hall 21
History of Philosophy
From Orientalism to Decolonial Thought: How the Concept of Hinduism Shaped One Hundred Years of Indian Philosophy
Food is Medicine
Gurudev Ravindranath Tagore’s contribution and Aesthetic Philosophy of Love for Nature, God, Humanity, and Unity
History Of Yoga Philosophy
Light On Tantric Philosophy
De-Vedanticization as a De-colonial Project
Lecture Hall 23
Philosophy of Religion & Spirituality
Karma as Theodicy: An Indian Response to the Problem of Evil
Pastafarianism Neo-Religion
Why Self-Realization Comes from Duḥkha: The Concept of Suffering based on Religions
Islamic Mysticism and its Inclusive Spirit: Towards Interfaith Harmony
Understanding Bhagavān in Bhagavadgītā
Seminar Room 4
Buddhism And Jain Philosophical Traditions
The Structure of Existence: Revisiting Harmony and Hierarchy in Early Buddhist Cosmology
The Concept of Chariot Allegory in Hinduism and Buddhism
Buddhist Concept of Reality through the lenses of Madhyamika: An Analysis
Karma as Relational Phenomenon: Insights from Emptiness and the Two Truths in Mādhyamaka Thought
Misunderstanding Ālayavijñāna as Ātman
Between Substance and Emptiness: A philosophical Study of Metaphysis in Abhidhamma and Nagarjuna's Philosophy
Seminar Room 14
Humanism and Global Ethics
The contemporary relevance of Manusmr̥thi
Ontological and Experiential Participation: Revisiting Avibhaga and Anubhava as Foundations for Integrating Humanity
Theorising as a Lived Experience in the Political Sphere: Seeing the Aspect-Blindness through Wittgenstein
Rawls’s Concept of Well-Ordered Society
Deontic Demand and A/Temporal Discharge
The Moral Trajectory in Rousseau’s Political Philosophy
Seminar Room 1
Philosophy of Mind and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Indian Philosophy in the Digital Age: Ethical Reflections for a Changing Society
Informed Consent and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Clinical Decision-Making: An Ethical Appraisal
Is Artificial Intelligent Devouring Education System: An Ethical Assessment
Deontological and Utilitarian Perspectives on Business Ethics in the Digital Economy
The Role of Pedagogical Ethics in the Age of Intelligent Technologies Like AI and Nanotechnology
From Computer Ethics to Information Ethics: Reconstructing a Philosophical Foundation
Seminar Room 13
Contemporary Indian Philosophical Thought
Advaita as Social Philosophy: Swami Vivekananda’s Vision of Equality and Human Unity
Femininity in Rabindranath Tagore’s Philosophy: A Dynamics
From Nation to Humanity: Tagore’s Universal Vision
Classical Indian values and their challenges in the Time of technology: A Critical Analysis
Adhikāra to Ātmopadeśa: Nārāyaṇa Guru and the Autodidactic Turn
Swami Vivekananda’s Perspective on Ethics of Development: An Understanding in the Light of the Messages of Practical Vedanta
Seminar Room 12
Social Justice and Political Philosophy
Gandhi on Means and Ends: Moral Reasoning in Nonviolent Resistance
Social Justice in Gandhian Thought: An Ethical and Socio-Philosophical Significance
Living Ethics: The Socio-Political Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi
Theory of Puruṣārtha: Gandhian Method of Retention yet Upgradation of the Tradition
Gandhian Ethics And Environment Pollution
Legal Phantoms: The Persistent Authority of Uncodified Norms in a Constitutional State
Seminar Room 5
Value, Agency, and Moral Psychology
Can Shared Agency be Understood Individualistically? Developing a Comprehensive Theory of Shared Agency
Anomalous Monism and Responsibility for Human Actions
Conflicting Moral Demands on Local Knowledge Integration
On the Possibility of a Causally Efficacious Soul in Plato and Aristotle
The Self as a Center of Narrative Gravity: A Critical Analysis of Dennett's Fictionalist Model of Personhood
Nussbaum’s Cognitive–Evaluative Theory of Emotion: Judgment, Eudaimonia, and Human Vulnerability
Seminar Room 2
Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics and Bio-Ethics
Bodily Autonomy vs. Right to Life
Altruistic Surrogacy and It's Discomfort: A Social Philosophical Critique
Euthanasia and the Value of Life: An Ethical-Philosophical Exploration
Euthanasia : A clash of medico- legal and Philosophical Perspective of Jainism.
Motherhood, Abjection, and Ethics in Kristeva’s Stabat Mater
Neutrality of Physician: a Myth?
Seminar Room 3
Gender, Identity and Ethics of Care
The Ideology of Self-Respect: Periyar and Western Perspectives
Reading the Gendered Dichotomy of Prakṛti and Puruṣa through the Lens of Difference – A Feminist Philosophical Analysis of the Sāṅkhya Kārikā
A Discussion on Dalit political Subjectivity
Propaganda in the Age of Algorithmic Governmentality: An Ontological Transformation
Dalit Theorization and Epistemic Injustice: Reinvestigating the Debate On Theory and Experience
Ambedkar’s Social Philosophy and Ethics of Care
12

December 2025

Day 4

2:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Thematic Sessions

5 Parallel Tracks
Seminar Room 3
Philosophy and Well-being
A comparative study of Yoga for Depression and Anxiety: A Systematic Review
Rewiring Karma: Buddhist Mindfulness and the Neuropsychology of Transformation
Philosophical Perspective towards Integrative Medicine
Ethical Issues In Public Service: Reflections Through Indian Philosophical Ethics
Philosophical Counselling With Special Reference To Synthesis Of Jñāna, Karma, Bhakti of Bhagavadgītā
A Neurocognitive - Philosophical Approach to Mitigating Fundamentalism
Seminar Room 4
Buddhism And Jain Philosophical Traditions
Yogic Perception in Dignāga’s Pramāṇasamuccaya
Religion in the Age of Algorithms: Can App-Based Mindfulness Serve the Goal of Nibbāna?
A Philosophical View of the Threefold Training (Sīla, Samādhi, and Paññā): As the Path to Liberation in Theravada Buddhism
Problem of Personal Identity in Indian Philosophy according to Buddhism, Nyaya and Advaita Vedanta philosophy.
The Philosophical Significance of Death Awareness: An Early Buddhist Perspective
Mind Wandering and Introspection: Insights from Buddhist Abhidharma
Seminar Room 2
Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics and Bio-Ethics
A Gadamerian Hermeneutics of Rehabilitation Medicine
Professionalism and Ethical Practice in Medicine: A Study on Ethical Transformation in Modern Healthcare
Buddhist Environmental Ethics and Deep Ecology: A Comparative Philosophical Analysis
A Study on Practicing Loving-Kindness (Mettā) in Daily Life: A Buddhist Perspective
Obligations to Future Generations and the Ethics of Environmental Responsibility
Seminar Room 12
Education and Transformation
Mentoring Like Guru: Ethical Deliberations
Richard Stanley Peters' Approach to Philosophy of Education
Philosophy of Aesthetics and Yoga Sadhana - Pathways to Transcendence
Notion of Self and Self-Transformation in J. Krishnamurti’s Philosophy
J.Krishnamurti's Idea of Knowledge and Indian Epistemology
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Philosophy of Education: A Vision for Social Justice and Empowerment
Seminar Room 5
Value, Agency, and Moral Psychology
Reclaiming Rasa: Decolonization of Indigenous Aesthetic Consciousness in Indian Philosophy
Cultural Contours of Aesthetic Judgment: Taste, Institutions, and Change Across Time and Social Groups
Kabīr’s Ulaṭbāṃsī: Poetic Technique as Praxis
Artistic Expression, its Appreciation and Emotional Well-being
The Role of Imperfection in Everyday Aesthetics: Wabi-Sabi and Beyond
Exploring Human Identity through the Lenses of John Locke, the Upanishads, and Plato
Seminar Room 13
Contemporary Indian Philosophical Thought
Thirukkural and Positive Psychology: A Philosophical Inquiry into Culturally Rooted Well-Being Interventions for Young Adults
The Integrative Reciprocity Model: A Value-Centric Framework for Psychological Well-Being in Indian Philosophy
Kautilya's Arthasastra and its Relation with Philosophical Practice
Why Teachers Need Cultural Intelligence: Lessons from Indian Philosophy
Knowledge as an Agent of Social Transformation: Insights from Indian Philosophy
Ethical Insights on Sadāchāra from Nītivākyāmṛta and their Relevance in Contemporary Society
Seminar Room 14
Humanism and Global Ethics
Re-evaluating causal efficacy in AI: Through Buddhistic principles of Causality
Buddhism and the Undoing of Hierarchy: A Philosophical Framework for Social Transformation
The Myth of the Given, and the Buddhist-Sellarsian Synoptic View
Freud’s Dream and the Upanishadic Cosmos: Navigating a Philosophical Conundrum
The Origins and Developments in the Revival of Indian Buddhism: An Analytical Study
Philosophy, Cinema and Integral Humanism
Lecture Hall 22
Wittgenstein: Language and Meaning
Unveiling Wittgenstein’s Notion of Sense: from Logical Picture to Pragmatic Paradigm
Destroying Philosophical Illusions: Wittgenstein’s Therapeutic Approach
Wittgenstein and Artificial Intelligence: Language, meaning, and Mind
Wittgenstein’s Language Games and Persistent Epistemic Disagreement in Online and Intercultural Contexts
Meaning as Use: A Reading of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations
Wittgenstein and Social Practices of Communication
Wittgenstein: A Saint and a Surgeon of Mental Cramps
Seminar Room 15
Themes from Continental Philosophy
What Does It Mean to Be Human? An Analysis of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and A Report to an Academy
Light Against the Void: A Trajectory of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Camus
The Optimised Self: Byung-Chul Han and the Ontology of Self Optimisation
The transition from Spinoza to Kant. Schelling’s Philosophical Letters on Dogmatism and Criticism
Cultural Hegemony as the Extension of Marxian Dialectical Materialism
Intentionality to Symbolic Intermediation: A Study of the Transition from Husserl’s Phenomenology to Cassirer’s Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
Lecture Hall 23
Philosophy of Religion & Spirituality
A Philosophical Aphorism on Vedanta’s Conception of the Soul
Understanding Temples Through Sāṅkhya Darśana: Prakṛti’s Evolution, Puruṣa-Proximity, and the Architecture of Consciousness
A Comparative Study of Ethical Values in Mahima Dharma, Buddhism, and Jainism
Rāmānuja’s View on Bhakti as Embedded in Jñāna and Karma
Concept of Moksha or Liberation in Achintyabhedabhedavāda of Chaitanya Vaishnavism
Lecture Hall 31
Buddhist Thought: Consciousness, Suffering & Liberation
Consciousness and Identity in Yogācāra Buddhism: Understanding the Ālaya-vijñāna
A Study on the Concept of Middle Way in the Early Buddhism and Mūlamadhyamakakārika
The Anatomy of Saṃsāra: An Analysis of the Buddhist Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life)
Early Buddhism with special reference to Essence of Sangha
Buddhism: A Religion Based on the Realization of Suffering
A Study of Kamma (Action) in Theravāda Buddhism
Buddhism of Manimēkalai
Lecture Hall 33
Epistemic Normativity & Knowledge
Nyāya Logic and the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
Applying Ancient Nyāya Epistemology of Śabda to Assess Generative Artificial Intelligence Reliability in Academic Knowledge
Divine Authorship and Vedic Texts: A Critical Analysis of the Nyāya School’s Arguments Against the Mīmāṁsā School
The Concept of Self in Nyāya
Cognition as a Specific Quale of Jīvātmā: Exploring the Nyāya Dualist Tradition
Methodological Functionalism Against Metaphysical Certainty Regarding Shared Phenomenological States
Lecture Hall 32
Classical Indian Philosophy, Dharma and Ethics
Unveiling Consciousness in Advaita Vedānta: A Textual Reflection on the Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad and Gauḍapāda’s Māṇḍūkyakārikā
Nirvāṇaṣaṭkam: Pedestals of Advaita Vedānta
The Spiritual Awakening and Ātmanvāda: Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, and the Exploration for Self-Realization
A Philosophical Enquiry into Reconciling Agency, Action, and Freedom in Advaita Vedānta
Brahman in the Prapañcasāra-tantra of Śankara: Absolutism or Panentheism?
Liberation and Contemplative Practice: A Comparative Study of Advaita Vedānta and Buddhist Philosophy
Conference Room
Metaphysics and Ontology (East and West)
Two-Dimensional Semantics: Chalmers’ Resolution of Kripke’s A Posteriori Necessities and A Priori Contingencies
Contextual Holism in Intention-Convention Semantics
Why Granny May be Right?
The failure of support-style explanationism about genealogical defeat
Chomsky's Concept of Mind: An Observation
The Other Minds Problem: Philosophy of Mind Meets Philosophy of Science
Board Room
Regional Language (Hindi)
सत्यधर्म के अनुसार ``गुण-साधना''
गोस्वामी तुलसीदास जी की दार्शनिक दृष्टि
संशय से मुक्ति तक: पाइरो और बुद्ध दर्शन का तुलनात्मक अध्ययन
"भगवान बुद्ध और उनके धम्म" में ईश्वरीय विचार का आलोचनात्मक अध्ययन
धर्म एवं उपयोगितावाद में समन्वय
Seminar Room 1
Philosophy of Mind and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Moral Challenges in Artificial Intelligence: An Analysis
Artificial Intelligence and Decision-Making: Re-Evaluating Meta-Ethical Questions
Pratyabhijñā and Artificial Intelligence: Ethical Reflections through Kashmir Shaivism
Ethical Foundations of Human–AI Co-Creation in Social Philosophy
Is Moral Responsibility still relevant in the age of AI?
Toward a Distributed Moral Responsibility: Mapping the Terrain of Artefactual Agency