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Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy Vol. 24 (no. 1)

by: Indrani Sanyal , Smita Sirker

Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy is a refereed, bi-issue journal, in English (No. 1) and Bengali (No. 2) published annually by the Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. The journal volume in Bengali is titled Darsan Biksa. The journal is devoted to the publication of original scholarly papers in any branch of philosophy. Its objective is to encourage contributions from scholars, dealing with specific philosophical problems connected with their respective fields of specialization.

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ISBN: 9788124608623
Year Of Publication: 2015
Edition: 1st Edition
Pages : 136p.
Language : English
Binding : Paperback
Publisher: Jadavpur University
Size: 23
Weight: 250

Overview

Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy is a refereed, bi-issue journal, in English (No. 1) and Bengali (No. 2) published annually by the Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. The journal volume in Bengali is titled Darsan Biksa. The journal is devoted to the publication of original scholarly papers in any branch of philosophy. Its objective is to encourage contributions from scholars, dealing with specific philosophical problems connected with their respective fields of specialization.

Contents

Envisioning an Education for India: Sri Aurobindo and the Swadeshi Effort for National Education
— Anirban Ganguly
The Concept of Identity in Buddhist Logic
— Tamoghna Sarkar
In Search of a Unified Theory of Thought Experiments
— Soumita Choudhury
Consciousness as “Being-in-Time” and Consciousness as “Source of Time”
— Aditi Bhattacharya
The Metaphysical Prospect of Free Will in the Light of Deterministic Causation: A Comparative Study from the Perspectives of Some Leading Indian Schools of Thought and Western Philosophy
— Sharmistha Dhar
On the Issue of Infectious Diseases: The Moral Shift from Bioethics to Public Health Ethics
— Prasasti Pandit
Animal Ethics through History
— Santosh Kumar Pal
List of Contributors

Meet the Author
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Dr Indrani Sanyal, Professor of Philosophy and Co-ordinator, Centre for Sri Aurobindo Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, is in the teaching profession for more than thirty years now. Her areas of specialisation include Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Ethics, especially Indian Ethics and Aurobindonian Studies. Dr Sanyal has many published books to her credit, among them are: On Essentialist Claims; Understanding Thoughts of Sri Aurobindo; Sri Aurobindo and His Contemporary Thinkers; Ethics and Culture: Some Indian Reflections; Sri Aurobindo: The Poet, Philosopher and Yogi. She has also edited with an Introduction, 'A Collection of Essays' by Arabinda Basu.
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Smita Sirker has taught at Jadavpur University and Jawarharlal Nehru University. She has written extensively on Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, and Moral Reasoning. Her major articles are “Aspects of Mathematical Pluralism” (Journal of Mathematics and Culture, 2016), “Gettier Across Cultures” (No©us, 2015), “Dinnaga and Mental Models: A Reconstruction” (Philosophy East and West, 2010) and “Is Belief in Free Will a Cultural Universal?” (Mind and Language, 2010). She is the co-author of Mental Reasoning: Experiments and Theories.
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