• Transcendental Phenomenology: Philosophy and Methodology 

  Tharakan, K. (Glimpses of Western Philosophy, Edi. by Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty. 2025; 326-339.)

  Transcendental phenomenology, as developed by Edmund Husserl, critiques dogmatic philosophizing and emphasizes the return to "things themselves." Husserl distinguishes phenomenology from empirical sciences by grounding ...
• Husserl's Crisis Text and the Spatial Turn in Philosophy of Science 

  Tharakan, K.; George, V.M. (Philosophia Scientiae. 29(1); 2025; 137-150.)

  The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology (Crisis) marks the culmination of Husserl's Genetic Phenomenology and the beginning of a new philosophy of science, one that viewed science not as a fact but ...
• Mind, Body and Consciousness: A Perspective on Husserlian Phenomenology 

  Tharakan, K. (Exploring the Realm of the Mental: Cognition, Emotion and Volition, Ed. by Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty. 2024; 30-42.)

  Husserl's motivation for philosophising stems from his concern with the incompleteness of knowledge claims made by the "positive sciences". By positive sciences, he means the empirical sciences that construe the world of ...
• Ethics of care and ethics of discomfort: Towards an Ambedkarite dialogical pedagogy 

  Sawaiker, V.; Tharakan, K. (Eastern Journal of Dialogue and Culture. 17(2); 2024; 105-113.)

  Dialogical pedagogy, a species of 'constructivist pedagogy', has been in vogue in recent decades in many countries, including India. One may trace the use of the phrase 'Dialogical Pedagogy' in Paulo Freire's writings that ...
• Religion and Women: A Study in Feminist Philosophy 

  Kamat, Shefali
• Understanding Human Soul:Islamic Perspective 

  Zickriya, Khwaja Ayub
• Exploring Inter-Religious Dialogue: Towards Peace And Co-Existence 

  Fernandes, Jervasio Marceline
• Understanding Derridean deconstruction and ethics today in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic 

  D'Mello, A.; PaiVernekar, S.D. (Ravenshaw Journal of Philosophy. 8; 2022; 62-75.)

  The paper explores the relevance of Derrida's Deconstruction and Ethics in the world today. It begins by analyzing how Derrida came about with Deconstruction as his way of understanding reality around him. It then dissects ...
• Fostering peace amidst multi-religious communities: Reflections on inter-religious dialogue 

  Fernandes, J.M.; Tharakan, K. (Eastern Journal of Dialogue and Culture. 15(2); 2022; 81-92.)

  Cultural prejudices and religious biases have often come in the way of sustainable peace among Nations and communities. In the current milieu, the geopolitics that we witness often result in ethnic and National conflicts ...
• At home as an 'outsider': Subarnalata and Othappu: The scent of the other side 

  Tharakan, K.; Chattopadhyay-Mukherjee, P. (Samyukta: A Journal of Gender and Culture. 7(2); 2022; ArticleID_45.)

  The phrase 'at home' connotes familiarity, happiness and safety, while the image of an 'outsider' evokes the opposite sentiments. It is ironical and a seeming contradiction to feel as an 'outsider' in one's own home. Though ...

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