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Identity, Difference and Diversity: A Journey from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka-Upaniṣad to Mukund Lath Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Daniel Raveh
In this paper, I offer a close comparative reading of a creation myth from chapter 1 of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka-Upaniṣad, which opens with the startling statement “ātmaivedam agra āsīt”, “in the beginning there was the self (ātman)”. I read this classical text with Śaṅkara, its foremost commentator, in dialogue with an ensemble of Indologists (Wilhelm Halbfass, Greg Bailey and Frederick Smith) and theorists
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Swami Vivekananda: An Epitome of Nationalism Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Lakshman Patra
What we understand by nationalism is the idea of supporting one’s country, people, culture and sovereignty of the nation. It believes in self-rule, with an objective to maintain the national unity and solidarity. It also encourages pride in national achievements and is closely linked with patriotism. One who dedicates his life to promoting the above objectives for the glory of his nation is considered
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Buddhist Moral Teachings is not Virtue Ethics: A Critical Response to Damien Keown’s View Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Ali Sharaf
In the Buddhist tradition, there is an expansive collection of texts that explore the topic of ethics, addressing moral questions concerning the right and wrong behaviors, virtues, vices, and so forth. However, when examining the main texts of this tradition, we find an absence of a structured moral philosophy that systematically and critically analyzes moral values and principles. Therefore, Buddhist
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Āsakti Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2024-01-31
Abstract Āsakti has its roots in the ancient Indian knowledge system. It precipitates the concept of attachment in the Indian perspective. The following paper explores the psychological perspective of āsakti from the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita while maintaining its philosophical purpose and nature. Āsakti hinders the path of self-realization; hence, from the psycho-philosophical lens, its inquiry with scientific
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Placing Mind in the Natural World: In Search of an Alternative Naturalism Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Manoj Kumar Panda
In contemporary philosophy, various attempts have been made in relation to placing our minds or mental states in the natural world or nature. In this context, there is a clear divide between naturalism and anti-naturalism, materialism and immaterialism, etc. Driven by the influence of naturalistic turn in philosophy and scientism, many philosophers have tried to put forth various naturalistic accounts
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Bildung as Cultural Participation: The Prereflective and Reflective Self in Hegel’s Phenomenology Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Nisar Alungal Chungath
Contemporary poststructural and hermeneutical theories emphasize the prereflective opacity of the self and the consequent inarticulateness concerning the deep prereflective layers (‘prejudices’) of self-understanding. Some of such ontologically significant prejudices, some hermeneutical views hold, are inescapable and so the self cannot reflectively refuse or overcome them. This paper proposes the
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The Criterion of Legitimacy in a Government: Analysing Ian Shapiro’s Concept of Representative Democracy Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Neetika Singh
Ian Shapiro proposes a representative government that bases its understanding of truth on mature enlightenment philosophy. He examines various enlightenment and anti-enlightenment theories to substantiate his arguments in favour of verifiability as the criterion for defining truth. Contending such a concept of truth he specifies that it is possible only within a representative democracy as it can systematically
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Emotions and Mahābhārata: A Phenomenological Study of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Grief in Śānti Parva Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Saurabh Todariya
The complexity and fluidity of emotions in the epic of Mahābhārata present before us an interesting case for delving into the phenomenology of emotions. In the rationalist tradition of Kant, emotions are considered as an impediment to moral discernment. The rationalist account of emotions considers it as an animal instinct which needs to be controlled through the exercise of Reason. The paper problematizes
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Evolutionary Ethics: Understanding its Transition Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Ikbal Hussain Ahmed
This paper offers a descriptive account of the transition in evolutionary ethics with reference to some major works from ethics, sociobiology, moral psychology, and primatology. The causes and nature of the transition are discussed by making a distinction between traditional and recent trends in evolutionary ethics enabling us to understand the significance of contemporary evolutionary ethics. The
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From Solipsism to the Limits of Experience: A Reflection in the Light of Wittgenstein’s TLP Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Rajakishore Nath, Mamata Manjari Panda
In this paper, we will discuss solipsism and the limits of experience in the light of Wittgenstein’s TLP. One cannot draw the limits of experience without bringing in the notion of the experiencer. That is to say, the notion of self is very relevant to the discussion on the limits of experience. Solipsism means that ‘I’ is the only reality, and what I experience is all that I could know. We will focus
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Does Fate Hinder Freedom? A philosophical Praxis Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Javid Ahmad Mallah
Ideas such as “I am born a labor, poor, a hereditary syphilitic/unhandy” are ones that people tend to resort to as excuses when they feel as if the odds of life are stacked against them and characterized it either “fate” or punishment. In every life situation, an individual finds a choice. In the contemporary world, human life faces boundary situations (COVID) and messy lived experiences such as paralysis
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A Critical Analysis of Dignāga’s Refutation of Non-Buddhist Schools Theory of Perception Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Bhima Kumar Kukkamalla
Among the means of valid cognition, the one which appears first in every enumeration, which was considered as being the basis of all other means of knowledge and which was considered as a legitimate method of knowledge by all schools of Indian thought is perception (pratyakṣa). With regard to perception, we can naturally expect such questions as ‘what is it to perceive’ or ‘what do we mean when we
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Thai Forest Tradition and Advaita-Vedanta Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-26 P. L. Dhar
From a purely theoretical perspective, the non-dual teachings of Advaita Vedanta are seen as irreconcilable with the teachings of Theravada Buddhism. However, the teachings of the Masters of the Thai forest tradition, based entirely on their own practice of the Buddha’s path which culminated in their liberation, seem to be quite in consonance with those of the Advaita Vedanta. In this paper, an attempt
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Analysis of Icchā Maraṇa: Self-willed Death in Mahābhārata—Transcending the Contemporary Debate Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Balaganapathi Devarakonda, Anmolpreet Kaur
The present paper explores and analyzes one intriguing form of death called self-willed death (Icchā maraṇa) as depicted in Mahābhārata in light of the contemporary debate between Bruce Sullivan and Phillip Ernest about the distinction between yogayukta and non-yogayukta forms of it. In the first part, the paper presents Sullivan’s distinction between yogayukta, one with disenchantment, world-weariness
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Hegelian Legacy of Aesthetics: Theory of Art Versus Philosophy of Art Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Sudarsan Padmanabhan
German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel problematized the term “aesthetics” in his writings on art. This article attempts to capture the tension between Hegel's theory of art and philosophy of art and its impact on the subsequent theorization of art in the twentieth century as consumer or emancipatory. Music, poetry and plastic arts seem to resonate differently with philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle
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On Davidson Against Language as Conventional Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Mayank Bora
Davidson (in: LePore (ed), pp 433–46, 1986) uses the existence of malapropisms to motivate a model of linguistic communication where communication succeeds between conversational partners without their having to rely on conventional meanings. Davidson uses this model to then claim that there is no such thing as a conventional language shared by a linguistic community which must be known in advance
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Does Determinism imply Inevitability? A Dennettian Counter analysis Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Dipu Basumatary
This research study postulates an argument aimed at disputing the conception that determinism intrinsically entails the inevitability or unchangability of events. It claims that within our world, there exist events that are, in fact, avoidable. To defend this claim, the paper draws upon the evolutionary foundation established by cognitive philosopher Daniel C. Dennett. According to Dennett, the phenomenon
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Fourfold and the Holy: Revisiting the Young–Mitchell Debate Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Muhammed Shareef Koomullan Kandi, Anoop George
Fourfold is thought to be a defining theme of Heidegger’s later thought, and yet it remains to be one of the most controversial notions in Heidegger scholarship. Interpreting the fourfold has been a challenging issue. Some of them dismissed it as having no real philosophical weight, despite its overarching presence in many of Heidegger’s later literature. Some of them tried to interpret it without
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An Ode to the Future Supermen: Understanding the Spiritual Experiment at Auroville Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Prashant Kumar Singh ‘Martand’
Societies are always gathered around a particular object or an idea that serves as its totem and its driving principle. This conscious arrangement of society, especially around an ideal, has been termed in history as utopias, which consciously moulds an individual’s behaviour inhabiting it for the desired future goal. However, in the hyper-humanistic period, called by James Scott as High-modernism
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Rethinking Affirmative Action: Problematising the “Least Privileged” Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-09-30 Bhagat Oinam
Affirmative action as a state policy is one of the powerful ways of empowering the underprivileged in the society. While such a policy is aimed at lifting the economic and social condition of the underprivileged, this comes with acts that are discriminatory and exclusionary. Yet these acts are termed as positive discrimination. Certain sections of the society are excluded from having access to economic
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Intention, Convergence and Indexical Reference Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Ankita Jha
The day to day experiences of answering machine messages, written notes, postcard messages, etc. and our intuitions regarding these seem to contradict the traditional assumptions in the semantics of indexicals. The primary analytical scope of the article is to undertake an analysis of Allyson Mount’s convergence of perspectives-based account of indexical reference and see whether it is able to successfully
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Revisiting the Definition of Anumiti Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Arka Pratim Mukhoty
In Tarkasaṁgraha (TS), Annaṁbhaṭṭa defines inferential cognition (anumiti) as that cognition which results from parāmarśa. In his own commentary on TS, namely Tarkasaṁgraha-dīpikā (TSD), Annaṁbhaṭṭa shows an over-coverage of the TS definition of anumiti in ‘perception after doubt.’ And then in TSD, he moves on to remove the over-coverage by qualifying the definition (of anumiti) with pakṣatā. In this
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Changing Patterns of Existence from Human to Posthuman: An Ethical Overview Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Priyanka Basak, Debika Saha
Human civilization, in its continuous evolution, remoulded itself from a biological organism to a biological and technological mixed being. Intensely developed technologies help human beings to make their bodily existence more powerful. Through body enhancement technology, human beings transform themselves into a transhuman and then to a posthuman, in an evolutionary manner. Whereas transhumanism depicts
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Descartes’s Influence on Locke’s Theory of Knowledge Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-08-05 Dipanwita Chakrabarti
An explicit assessment of the extent of René Descartes's influence on John Locke's theory of knowledge as presented in his work An Essay Concerning Human understanding calls for a study of their respective philosophical works in some detail. An examination of their individual philosophical standpoints and the objectives behind their projects suggest a striking difference between the spirit and intent
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Objective and Subjective Consequentialism Reconsidered Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Debashis Guha
The objective of the paper is to explicate and critically appreciate two forms of consequentialism, namely objective and subjective consequentialism. Consequentialism is a substantive moral theory according to which moral value or good is to produce/promote best consequences (in a sense welfare); and morally right consists in acting so as to promote maximum good (in case of utilitarianism) or to promote
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In Defense of Jñānalakṣaṇā Pratyāsatti Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Mainak Pal
In Nyāya philosophy, a special kind of extraordinary sensory connection is admitted named jñānalakṣaṇā pratyāsatti or jñānalakṣaṇa sannikarṣa. It is held that sometimes our sense-organ can be connected to such an object which is not amenable to the operating sense-organ. In such cases, cognition (jñāna) plays the role of sensory connection and connects the content of itself to the operating sense-organ
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Is There a Gap Between the Hermeneutical and the Ethical? A Discussion on Paul Ricoeur’s Moral Attestation of Here I am Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-07-01 R. Lekshmi
Paul Ricoeur is a philosopher of wide ranging interests whose main concern is hermeneutics. His hermeneutics is self-reflexive, an existential appropriation that eventually gives way to self-understanding. Questions pertaining to self-identity, the problem of the other and intersubjectivity are presented by him in a tensive style, keeping the scope of interpretations wide open. While discussing the
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Critique of Contemporary Civilization Ethos and Public Leadership Crisis: A Dystopian Interpretation and Philosophical Prospects Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Rajan
The attributes and representative spirit of a culture, era, or community, as manifested in its attitude and aspiration, hold the concept of ethos. Likewise, every civilization has its own unique ethos; however, at present, it is shared through multiple globalized dynamics such as—media, technology, and other connectivities. The communication gaps have been filled with unique mediums; people are more
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The Vedāntic Realism of Rasvihari Das Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-06-17 C. D. Sebastian
This paper examines the realist interpretation of Vedānta that Rasvihari Das explicated in two of his celebrated treatises, namely, “The Theory of Ignorance in Advaitism” and “The Falsity of the World.” Rasvihari Das, unlike many of his contemporary thinkers of India, took a contrary position against the uninformed generalization about Indian thought that the philosophical tradition of India was one
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Perpetual Peace or War? A Critical Reflection on Kant and the Mahābhārata’s Political Thoughts Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Zairu Nisha
Immanuel Kant, in his political project, “Perpetual Peace” has attempted to show a moral hope for the scourge of humanity, i.e. war. For Kant, man’s intrinsic selfish nature is a cause of constant collision that can be controlled by universal laws of reason to ensure an enduring peace among the warring nations. But is this idealistic approach towards war equally applicable to concrete particular situations
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Metaphysical Reading(s) of TLP Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-06-10 Ashoka Kumar Tarai
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (TLP) turns hundred years of its publication in the year 2021. The book has received several interpretations during this period of hundred years. However, in the last three decades, the interpretations of TLP have taken a very tenacious position with regard to the debates among scholars concerning whether there is any metaphysical significance in the text. The debates
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An Assessment on the Feasibility of Describing a Revised Theory of Space and Time Based on the Bhagavata Purana Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Amarendran Sathyaseelan
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Education as a Critico-Creative Impulse: Discerning a Russellian Stand Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Jahnabi Deka
Education, a creative impulse, according to Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), must vouch a platform for the creation of genuine thoughts in children. In order to discern how genuine thoughts are to be inculcated in education, Russell’s concept of rationality needs to be paid special attention. This is so because it is by adhering to the theoretical as well as practical sides of rationality, thoughts can
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Unleashing the Nature of the Paradox of Nonexistence Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-06-03 Jolly Thomas
This paper tries to unleash the nature of the paradox of nonexistence or non-being or negative singular existentials by using a General Metalogical Theory. In the first section, this paper explains in detail the paradox of negative singular eixistentials and explains how Alexius Meinong and Bertrand Russell respond to this paradox. Russell resolves the paradox using quantification method which Quine
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Recollection and Non-recollection: A Study of Novelty, Independence and Validity of Cognition Through the Analysis of Recollection in Indian Philosophy Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Rajaram Shukla, Shruti Krishna Bhat
The Indian philosophical schools divide the types of cognitions mainly as recollection and non-recollection. The set of non-recollections is termed as experiential cognitions ( anubhava ). Two issues about recollection and experience are discussed in this paper. One is defining recollection and distinguishing a recollection from similar types of cognitions. The second one is the validity of recollection
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Cognitive Tools for Narrating the Past: A Study of Classical India Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Nirmalya Guha
The classical Indian variety of history may be called ‘istory’. It is not completely true that no real importance was attached to istory in classical India. But much of oral istorical literature is lost since—perhaps—narrating istory was considered a performance. Unlike historical narratives, istorical narratives are presentative, not representative. Istory can be understood as a system of narrating
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Putnam and Truth Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Nilanjan Bhowmick
When Putnam wrote Reason, Truth and History, he thought that whatever the truth was, it could not entirely outrun justification. He moved away from this epistemic conception of truth—of truth as idealized rational acceptability—and his later view appears to recognize the fact that there are truths that may well be recognition transcendent. Wright (J Philos 97(6):335–364, 2000) has correctly observed
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Nurturing Spirituality: In Conjunction with Integral Education Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-07-12 Akanksha Mishra, Alka Muddgal
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Selfhood and the Problem of Sameness: Some Reflections Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Krishna Mani Pathak
This paper examines the problem of sameness in terms of being it the classical problem of personal identity and various philosophical positions on the existence of the self as a substantive subject. I call this subject an ethical Self, which involves different notions of ego, being, substance, and personhood. The denial of the existence of a permanent self by philosophers like Hume and Buddhists does
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Value Education: Eastern and Western Human Value and Virtues Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-05-10 Lakshman Patra
The present education system is mainly object oriented material in nature but not subjective or spiritual. We study mainly subject viz. physic, chemistry, Biology, Computer, Applications, and Engineering etc.; which are related to the objective world, but we don’t ourselves, or the subjective world. There is story associated with a famous Greek philosopher, Socrates, who ones asked his disciples, what
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Professional Ethics: An Upaniṣadic Perspective Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-03-30 Surya Kant Maharana
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Moderate Realism and Deduction from Truthlike Theories Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Kit Patrick
Moderate realists hold that scientific theories are truthlike, rather than exactly true. Although scientific realism has been challenged by arguments such as the pessimistic induction, moderate realism hasn’t been challenged directly on the grounds that it makes scientific progress rely on inferences from theories that are only truthlike. This paper shows that moderate realism is incompatible with
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The Materiality of the Sign in Khasi Oral Tradition: Derrida’s Linguistic Materialism Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Shining Star Lyngdoh
Several interesting and significant philosophical, political and other possibilities abound in Derrida’s linguistic materialism, but the objectives of my paper are to describe the general tenets of Derridean linguistic materialism, and to deploy it in the context of Khasi oral tradition in order to lay bare the sensory origin of the sign. I therefore argue, firstly, that Derrida’s oeuvre espouses a
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Historiography of Indian Philosophy: Reflections on Periodization and Conceptualization Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-03-06 Balaganapathi Devarakonda
This paper provides one of the many ways of doing historiography, specifically concerning Indian philosophy. After making some general observations on the limitations of a historian and a historiographer in general—it would provide a brief analysis of the historiography of Indian philosophy by looking at the recent attempts at periodization. The development of 'Indian philosophy' as a label to a concept
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Utility of Philosophy Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Javid Ahmad Mallah
Philosophy is an incredible intellectual enterprise that promotes comprehensive exposure to creative and critical thinking. The paper is written to invite general people towards the philosophical studies and wisdom at the outset it promises an intellectual journey. The paper claims that the expansion of philosophical studies and thinking in contemporary times would be a task of huge magnitude. It mainly
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Cultural Conflicts and Global Peace Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-03-03 R. C. Sinha
In view of the Cultural Conflicts the world needs today tolerance. The present article entitled “Cultural Conflicts and Global peace” envisages deep concern about the cultural conflicts. We are dismayed at the gradual emergence of intolerance, deceit and violence in society and nation at large. The existence and the gradual strengthening of the dark forces have led to different kinds of conflicts in
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Dharma as Principle of Self-denial and Emptiness Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-03-03 Geo Lyong Lee
This paper aims to establish the meaning of Dharma as the principle of self-denial and emptiness. Dharma, a key concept in the religious thought of India, has the literal meaning of "supporter.” Something that supports something else does not exist for itself. Just as the truth supporting the universe is Dharma, so the four pillars supporting the roof of the house to prevent it from collapsing are
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Buddha and Wittgenstein on the Notion of Self Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Maharana, Surya Kant
The notion of Self plays a significant role in the philosophical speculations of Buddha and Wittgenstein. For the Buddha, ‘Self’ has empirical validity without ultimate reality. However, the Real Self is transcendent. It is the Absolute which is immanent as well as transcendent. It cannot therefore be bound to thought-constructions. The Absolute is Nirvāṇa; it is peaceful, immortal and unproduced which
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Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy of Nationalism and It’s Contemporary Relevance Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Singh, Sudhir, Kumar, Abhishek
There has been in recent decades very substantial work done on the concept of a nation, nationality and nationalism. In spite of the world coming together on many fronts—particularly, economy and a multicultural habitat formations especially in Europe and North America—these ideas remain politically volatile. In modern times, the idea of a nation has become powerfully associated with the idea of the
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From the Desk of Editor-in-Chief Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Sinha Ramesh
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Time and Some Temporal Notions: A Vaiśeşika Analysis Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Datta, Maitreyee
Vaiśeşikas are realist philosophers of classical India. They admit time (kāla) as a ubiquitous real substance. In this paper, our aim is to discuss such a determination of time following sixth century Vaiśeşika scholar Praśastapāda and a few of his interpreters, Vyomaśivācārya and Udayanācārya. This paper is an effort to state realist philosophers’ understanding of time and also to highlight how in
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Ethical Foundation of Perpetual Peace Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2021-11-16 Saxena, Kanchan
The Ideal of perpetual peace can be called ‘Summum Bonum’ of Kant’s political philosophy. Kant’s essay entitled ‘perpetual peace’ was written in 1795, but its substantial values practically unimpaired. Anyone who is familiar with the mindset of Kant will definitely expect to find in him sound common sense, clear vision and a remarkable power of analytically exhibiting the conditions on which the facts
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To Die or Not to Die: A Kantian Perspective on Euthanasia Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2021-11-07 Sinha, Navin
The paper attempts to explore the implications of Kant's moral criticism of suicide in the case of euthanasia. The paper argues that since Kant's criticism of suicide is essentially directed towards rational beings who are in full control of their rational faculty. It would hence not be applicable in case of individuals who are suffering from dementia and who have expressed a prior desire to be euthanized
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Private Morality and the State Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2021-11-03 Singh, Mayavee
The demarcation of the private and public life leads to role of the state in private life. Many individuals have been the unflinching voice for moral dissent. In the western philosophy, debate on private morality and public life was instigated by Attorney General’s Commission Report which was submitted in 1986 and recommended no blanket ban on homosexuality and prostitution. However, a contemporary
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Can Capability Approach Pave the Way for Religion? A Study in the Context of Rorty’s Private/Public Sphere’s Debate Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2021-10-15 Deka, Chandana, Prabhu, V.
Rorty has been criticized for his pragmatic rationality by different thinkers like Stout, Steven carter. Here in this article our main focus is Novoa's criticism of Rorty's solution to the challenges of evidentialism (Novoa in Rorty’s Demands on Religious Belief: Looking for a Pragmatic Rationality. Retrieved October 20, 2019, from Researchgate. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321729830_R
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Is Anupalabdhi (Non-apprehension) a Separate pramāṇa?: Analysis of the Vaiśeṣika View Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2021-10-12 Chakraborty, Soma
In Indian philosophy, Bhāṭṭa Mīmāṃsakas and Advaita Vedāntins recognize abhāva or anupalabdhi (non-apprehension) as an independent source of knowledge; but no other school of Indian philosophy agrees with them on this issue, and for that reason, arguments have been given by the latter schools for rejecting anupalabdhi as an independent means of knowledge. In this paper, I am going to evaluate only
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Gandhi Beyond Public Reason Liberalism Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Patra, Karunakar
Since contemporary societies are deeply multicultural and plural, the partisan ideological politics obviously animate conflict of opinions and hard bargains that brings coercion into play. Thus political power is exercised to establish legitimacy and stability in the polity. The use of public reason as a tool of public inquiry is considered as most effective in deciding upon the outcomes of laws and
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Is “Free Will” an Emergent Property of Immaterial Soul? A Critical Examination of Human Beings’ Decision-Making Process(es) Followed by Voluntary Actions and Their Moral Responsibility Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Pub Date : 2021-09-28 Suresh, M., Sethy, Satya Sundar
The concept of free will states that when more than one alternative is available to an individual, he/she chooses freely and voluntarily to render an action in any given context. A question arises, how do human beings choose to perform an action in a given context? What happens to an individual who compels him/her to choose an action out of many alternatives? The behaviorists state that free will guides