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The Department of Philosophy, University of North Bengal has been awarded Special Assistance by UGC to carry on research on ‘The Problem of Meaning in Classical Indian Philosophy and Contemporary Western Philosophy’ including translation of Sanskrit texts into regional language.
Department of Philosophy, North Bengal University, Siliguri, is one of the very accomplished centers of learning and research in Philosophy. Siliguri is surrounded by four countries and the nearest Bagdogra airport is five KM, and the New Jalpaiguri railway station is 18 KM away from University campus. We pride ourselves in being a department where equal emphasis is placed on quality research as well as on development and training of students through teaching/learning and extensive teacher-student interaction.
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Item Open Access Absolute and Identity Statements: Some Observations(University of North Bengal, 2021-03) Tiwari, Abhinnshyam ShankarThe Indian Philosophical interpretations of the Upaniṣadic Mahāvakya ‘Tat Tvam Asi’ differ quite vividly when we compare the accounts given to it by the schools of Vedānta such as ‘Dvaita Vedānta’ of Mādhva, ‘Vishiśṭādvaita’ of Rāmānuja, and most famously, the ‘Advaita Vedānta’ of Śankara. The statement translated into English reads something like ‘Thou That art’, which refers to making the individual Atman realize that he himself is the Absolute – The Brahman. In one way of saying, the different names given to the Absolute are synonymous while, in others, they may tend to differ....Item Open Access Adopting and rejecting logic(University of North Bengal, 2024-03) Bhowmik, NilanjanIt is well known that there are, surprisingly enough, alternative logics. Not all logics obey classical logic. One or the other basic laws of classical logic – like excluded middle - can always be challenged and a different logic can be developed. Sometimes this revision takes place because of developments in science. Putnam (1968) argued that classical logic cannot be accepted for quantum mechanics. This implies that we can adopt a different logic when it comes to quantum mechanics. Putnam’s claim supports Quine’s notion that nothing is exempt from revision under empirical pressure. Contrary to this, Kripke (2023) argues that we cannot adopt a logic which deviates from a basic principle like the law of excluded middle. Since, we cannot adopt a logic we cannot change our reasoning because of pressure from empirical sciences. In this paper, I will raise the issue of whether we can reject a logic or not and what implications this can have for logic, reasoning and Quinean anti-exceptionalism about logic. In short, I will argue that we cannot reject a logic, but we can revise classical logic and develop a different formal system but this does not imply that the original logic was somehow just like the sciences, open to rejection. In this sense, logical systems are not like Ptolemaic models of the solar system. I will also maintain that it is hard to say what logic our reasoning employs, and that revision is not the anvil on which the apriority of logic should be tested.Item Open Access Akhyātivāda: An Exegetical and Critical Study(University of North Bengal, 2020-03) Paul, TrishaIn Indian philosophy the problem of error is discussed in different theories usually known as the khyāti-vādas. The word Khyāti stands for knowledge and hence khyāti-vāda may mean theory of knowledge. The word jñāna has been used in Indian Philosophy in two different senses by two different sets of thinkers. In one set, it is taken in the sense of pramā only. The Prābhākara Mīmāṁsakas championed this theory....Item Open Access Alethic Relativism and Faultless Disagreement(University of North Bengal, 2018-03) Shukla, Anumita; Bora, MayankItem Open Access Ambedkar’s Critique on Caturvarna as an Ideal of Society(University of North Bengal, 2015-03) Barman, HarekrishnaItem Open Access Ambedkar’s Postmodern Vision(University of North Bengal, 2017-03) Debnath, Rakhi; Saha, DebikaItem Open Access ANALYSIS OF THE ONTOLOGICAL ASPECT OF REALITY IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ŚANKARA AND G.W.F. HEGEL.(University of North Bengal, 2023-03) KANNOJIYA, REENAItem Open Access Anita Desai’s Voices in the City: a Discourse of the Postcolonial Modernity(University of North Bengal, 2017-03) SK, MukulItem Open Access Ānvīkṣikī vidyā: an enquiry into its nature and Development(University of North Bengal, 2022-03) Basak, Jyotish ch.In many pieces of ancient Indian literature, we come across the concept of ānvīkṣikī vidyā. As exact nature of this vidyā was not clearly specified by its proponents, many scholars thought that enquiry into its nature is worth pursuing. In this article I tried to state some scholars‟ views about the nature and development of this vidyā and with an analysis of mine.Item Open Access Are We All Amoralists? Some Debates(University of North Bengal, 2021-03) Ojha, RekhaAn individual that pays no attention to right or wrong motives seems to be rather unimaginable in a world where we seem to be programmed to symbolize and epitomize even the most clinically objective and random of occurrences, in which we attach meaning to otherwise meaningless, abstract objects....Item Open Access Arguing Against the Stream: Hilary Putnam on Internal Realism(University of North Bengal, 2021-03) Barman, JayantaItem Open Access Arguments of Seed-Field Theory in Hinduism: An Examination from The Perspective of Feminist Ontology(University of North Bengal, 2020-03) Bhattacharya, SomaItem Open Access Aristotle and Kautilya on the Concept of Good Governance and Welfare State(University of North Bengal, 2017-03) Mondal, Samar KumarItem Open Access Art and Music in Language-game: Private Language Problem Revisited(University of North Bengal, 2011-03) Jha, PurbayanItem Open Access Artha: It’s Meaning and Aetiology of Its Emergence as Central Puruṣārtha(University of North Bengal, 2021-03) Basak, Jyotish CThe expression ‘puruṣārtha' is a very familiar jargon in Indian Philosophy and we often come across this term and also use this term without knowing well the debates that centre around it. It is also interesting to note that we do not find many books which deal exclusively with this concept and current debates. The only book that I found which exclusively deals with this issue is P. Nagaraja Rao’s The Four Values in Indian Philosophy and Culture: A Study of the Puruṣārthas....Item Open Access Aspect Perception as a Case of Interpretation(University of North Bengal, 2017-03) Mukherjee, AnirbanItem Open Access Assessment of radical, liberal and contractarian views on sex work(University of North Bengal, 2022-03) Paul, AnkitaThe theoretical framework of the philosophical study of sex work is an extensively debated area of research among academic scholars.Two main standpoints emerge from this debate -- (a) sex work is a form of exploitation, and (b) sex work is a form of work. The first standpoint condemns sex work because it involves the sale of sex that is deeply emotional and personal. The second group tries to counter the above allegations and establish sex work as legitimate work.This article provides a comprehensive overview of the philosophical perspectivesof radical, liberal, and contractarian views that try to address the phenomenon of sex workfrom a theoretical and context-sensitive approach.Here, I demonstrate through discussion of these perspectives how sex workers are qualified as real workers and show that they also have control over their working life and, most importantly, are not always passive victims of patriarchy without voices.Item Open Access ATHEIST SEARCH FOR MORALITY IN 19TH CENTURY(University of North Bengal, 2023-03) CHAKRABARTI, MALABIKAItem Open Access ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO NĀGĀRJUNA’S OBJECTIONS AGAINST HETVĀBHĀSA(University of North Bengal, 2023-03) MUKHOTY, ARKA PRATIMItem Open Access Attributive Consciousness and Intentionality: an Analysis from Ramanuja’s Perspective(University of North Bengal, 2016-03) Chakraborty, Munmun