Philosophy: Recent submissions

  • An Indian solution to 'incompleteness' 
    VinayKumar, U.A. (AI and Society. 2009 24(4); 2009; 351-364)
    Kurt Godel's Incompleteness theorem is well known in Mathematics/Logic/Philosophy circles. Godel was able to find a way for any given P (UTM), (read as, "P of UTM" for "Program of Universal Truth Machine"), actually to ...
  • Understanding consciousness as subject-dependent linguistic process 
    Afonso, A.V. (Consciousness, Society and Values, Ed. by: A.V. Afonso. Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. 2006; 70-98)
    The objective of the present paper is to argue for an understanding of consciousness as (a) a "process" that is (b) subject-dependent, and (c)based upon formation/development of language. This, therefore, presupposes the ...
  • Religious assertions: A linguistic approach 
    PaiVernekar, S.D. (Jnanadeep. 14(1); 2011; 61-76)
    Philosophy's task with regard to religion is mainly analytic. The task of philosophy with respect to religion is of a 'second-order' or 'meta', that is philosophy of religion is to religion as meta-ethics is to ethics or ...
  • Illness: A phenomenological perspective 
    PaiVernekar, S.D. (Loyola Journal of Social Sciences. 24(2); 2010; 187-197)
    Phenomenologically viewed, biomedical paradigm of disease (which focuses on the dysfunction of the biological organism) does not provide an adequate account of illness. Hence, illness must be understood not merely in terms ...
  • Yoga system of philosophy: General practice and synthesis 
    VinayKumar, U.A. (Identity, Creativity and Modernization: Perspectives on Indian Cultural Traditions, Ed. by Sebastian Velassery and Vensus A. George. Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change, Series IIIB, South Asia; Indian Philosophical Studies, Vol. 14. The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, USA. 2013; 69-83.)
    The paper begins with analysis of the Yoga System of Philosophy on the assumption that Yoga-practice has been widely used for attaining ultimate goal of one's existence (moksha), even though moksha might have had varying ...
  • On inter-theoretic incommensurability in science 
    Desai, M.B. (Epistemology, Science and Cognition, Ed. By: Prajit K. Basu and S.G. Kulkarni. D.K. Printworld, New Delhi. 2011; 272-283.)
  • Anthropocentrism and ecocentrism: On the metaphysical debate in environmental ethics 
    Tharakan, K.; Geevarghese I.; Afonso, A.V. (Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy. 21(2); 2011; 27-42.)
  • Questioning the body: From technology towards a sense of body 
    Tharakan, K. (Kritike: An online Journal of Philosophy. 5(2); 2011; 112-122.)
    Many attempts of contemporary philosophers to reduce 'mind' to 'body' notwithstanding, where the 'body' is understood in the Cartesian framework, the continental philosophers in general repeatedly remind us that body has ...
  • Sri Aurobindo on the prospect of spiritualising politics 
    PaiVernekar, S.D. (The Call Beyond. 36(2); 2010; 34-39.)
  • Science of nature: Garcia de Orta as a philosopher of science 
    Tharakan, K.; Siqueira, A. (Garcia de Orta and Alexander von Humboldt: Across East and West, Ed. By: Anabel Mendes. Universidade Catolica Editora, Lisbon. 2009; 31-38.)

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