CAS

Here is a list of research and project activities – both individual and group – under the CAS.
Applied Philosophy

GROUP PROJECTS
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Value: Its application in practical life (Indrani Sanyal, Krishna Roy, Ratna Dutta Sharma, Madhumita Chattopadhyay)
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The Sruti as the foundation of the Hindu moral and social tradition (Srilekha Datta, Indrani Sanyal, Ratna Dutta Sharma)

INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
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 Belief and Life: From the perspective of Indian Ethics (Indrani Sanyal)
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 Human Rights and Values: An Internalist Approach (Sadhan Chakraborti)
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 Some problems in applied ethics (Tirthanath Bandyopadhyay)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mind and Cognition

GROUP PROJECT

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 An exploration of the Indian Psyche (S. Basu, S. Chakraborty, L. Choudhury and G. Kar)

INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

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 Buddhist account of concept formation (Madhumita Chattopadhyay)
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 Consciousness studies in Advaitasiddhi: A Logicist’s approach (Piyali Palit)
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 Perspectives on philosophical counseling (Soumitra Basu)
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 On models on human reasoning: A debate between philosophers and cognitive scientists (Amita Chatterjee)
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 Translation with annotation in Bengali of the Tarkabhasa (Gangadhar Kar)
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 Cartesian Legacy in Hermeneutics of Science (Krishna Roy)
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 Editing of the text Bauddha Tarkabhasa (Madhumita Chattopadhyay)
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 Some aspects of the current state of epistemology: Indian and Western Perspectives (Proyash Sarkar)
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 Development of the Nyaya Concept of Nigrahasthana (Ratna Dutta Sharma)
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 Logic in Caraka Samhita (Ratna Dutta Sharma)
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 Classical Indian theories of truth: A review of various forms of Pramanavada (Rupa Bandyopadhyay)
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 The reason-emotion interface in cognition: with special reference to gender (Shefali Moitra)
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 The Nyaya theory of perception (Srilekha Datta)
Research projects in Other Areas (Under CAS)
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 Translation with annotation in Bengali of Mangalavada, a part of the Tattvacintamani (Gangadhar Kar)
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 Buddhist rejection of Universal – A sort of Nominalism? (Madhumita Chattopadhyay)
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 Indian theories of causality (T. K. Chakraborti)
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 Bengali translation of the Vedantasara (T. K. Chakraborti)