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Dr. Sarkar obtained the degree of Ph.D. from Jadavpur University
in 2002 and taught Philosophy at Rabindra Bharati University,
from November 1996 to July 1997. He joined Jadavpur University
in August 1997.
He visited the University of Liverpool, U.K., as the Charles
Wallace India Fellow 2005. His field of interest is Epistemology
(Indian and Western), Fusion Philosophy.
Dr. Sarkar co-edited an anthology in Bengali called Manodarshan:
Sharirbad O Tar Bikalpa on the Philosophy of Mind published
under the Jadavpur Studies in Philosophy, Jadavpur University
in collaboration with Asheema Publishers, Kolkata, 2002.
Here are some of his significant articles that were published
in the last few years:
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'Foundationalism: A Third view'in
Rabindra Bharati Journal of Philosophy, Vol.IV,
1998.
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'The Definition of Knowledge: From
Plato to Externalism' in Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.13, No.1, 2001.
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'Upabastubad' (Epiphenomenalism)
(in Bengali) in Manodarshan:
Sharirbad O Tar Bikalpa on the Philosophy of Mind published
under the Jadavpur Studies in Philosophy, Jadavpur University
in collaboration with Asheema Publishers, Kolkata, 2002.
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'Placing Nyaya Epistemology Properly
in The Western Tradition' in a volume entitled Some
Philosophical Issues in Indian Logic, Jadavpur
University in collaboration with Allied Publisher, 2003.
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'Samsayavada Prasange Abhyantarvada
and Vajhikatavada' (in Bengali) (Scepticism in Relation
with Interlism and Externalism) in an anthology entitled
Kusume Kusume Charan Chinha, a festschrift
volume of Late Professor Mafizuddin Ahamed, edited by
Hasan Ajijul Haque, published by the Department of Philosophy,
Rajsahi University, Bangladesh, December 2003.
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'Our Knowledge about the Past: The
Nyaya Perspective' in an anthology entitled Literary
Studies in India: Historiography, DSA, Department
of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata,
July 2004.
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'What Happened to the Naiyayikas' Attempt of Understanding
Perception in Causal Terms?" the Rabindra Bharati
Journal of Philosophy, vol.IX. |
Forthcoming Books and Monographs:
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Writing a textbook on western epistemology
(in Bengali)
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Working on a monograph on western
epistemology.
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Working on a monograph as a member
of a research group on the determinants of perception.
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