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1 Jitendra Nath Mohanty Professor of Philosophy (emeritus, 2009) Department of Philosophy Temple University Philadelphia, PA USA Phone: Education Ph.D., University of Gottingen, M.A., Calcutta University, B.A. (Honors), Presidency College, Calcutta, Professional Appointments B. N. Seal Professor of Philosophy and Head of Department, University of Calcutta, Calcutta (India). Professor of Philosophy, University of Burdwan, West Bengal (India). George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, Norman (Oklahoma, USA). Professor of Philosophy and Chairman, New School for Social Research, New York (USA). Woodruff Professor of Philosophy and Asian Studies, Emory University, Georgia (USA). Research areas Phenomenology (especially Husserl), Kant, Indian philosophy, logic, and epistemology. 1

2 Honors and Awards (partial list) He is a past member of the Institute International de Philosophie (Paris), the Past-President of the Society for Asian and Comparative philosophy, Past- President of the Indian Philosophical Congress, and a Gold Medalist of the Asiatic Society. He is a Life Member of the Indian Academy of Philosophy and founding editor of Husserl Studies. He received the Senior Humboldt Forschungspreistraeger (1991) from the German government in honor of his scholarly work. He has been a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He is a recipient of Professional Excellence Award (2003) from Council of Indian Organization. He received the Edward Goodwin Ballard Prize (2008) from the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology (Yale University) and Life Time Achievement Award (2009) from Indian Council of Philosophical Research (Government of India). Other recent awards include: Forward Magazine s Book of the Year Award (2008), Best Book Award, Husserl Circle (2008), and Ramakrishnananda Professor of Indology, R.K. Mission Institute of Culture, Calcutta. Publications (partial list) Books Authored (partial list) (1957) Nicolai Hartmann and Alfred North Whitehead, a Study in Recent Platonism. (Calcutta: Progressive Publishers). (1964) Edmund Husserl's Theory of Meaning. (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff). (1966) Gangeśa's Theory of Truth, (Containing the Sanskrit Text of Gangeśa's Prāmānya-Vāda with an English Translation, Explanatory Notes and an Introductory Essay). (Santiniketan: Centre of Advanced Study in Philosophy). 2

3 (1970) Phenomenology and Ontology. (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff). (1972) The Concept of Intentionality. (St. Louis: Warren Green Inc.). (1982) Husserl and Frege. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press). (1985) The Possibility of Transcendental Philosophy. (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff). (1989) Transcendental Phenomenology: An Analytic Account. (Oxford: Blackwell). (1992) Reason and Tradition in Indian Thought: An Essay on the Nature of Indian Philosophical Thinking. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). (1993) Essays on Indian Philosophy Traditional and Modern. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). (1994) Theory and Practice (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd.) (1997) Phenomenology: Between Essentialism and Transcendental Philosophy. (Evanston: Northwestern University Press). (1999) Logic, Truth, and the Modalities: From a Phenomenological Perspective. (Dordrecht: Kluwer). (2000) Classical Indian Philosophy. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers). (2000) Explorations in Indian Philosophy. Gupta B, (ed.), (Oxford: Oxford University Press). (2000) Explorations in Western Philosophy. Gupta B, (ed.), (Delhi; Oxford: Oxford University Press). (2000) The Self and Its Other: Philosophical Essays. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). 3

4 (2002) Between Two Worlds, East and West : An Autobiography. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). (2008) The Philosophy of Edmund Husserl : A Historical Development. Vol. I (New Haven: Yale University Press). (2009) Lectures on Consciousness and Interpretation. Chatterjee T (ed.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press). (2009) Indian Logic in The Development of Modern Logic, Haaparanta, L (ed.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press). (2011) The Last Phase of Edmund Husserl s Philosophy, in press, (New Haven: Yale University Press). Books Edited (partial list) (1977) Readings on Edmund Husserl's Logical Investigations. (Hague: Martinus Nijhoff). (1978) Self, Knowledge, and Freedom: Essays for Kalidas Bhattacharyya, Banerjee S. P. (co-ed.) (Calcutta: World Press). (1982) Essays on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press). (1985) Phenomenology and the Human Sciences. (Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff). (1989) Husserl s Phenomenology: A Textbook. (with W. R. McKenna; Univ. Pr. of Amer. Press). (1991) Husserl's formalism. In Phenomenology and the formal sciences. Thomas 4

5 S., Föllesdall D., (co-ed.) (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers). (2003) Relativism, Suffering and Beyond: Essays in memory of Bimal K Matilal Bilimoria P. (co-ed.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Articles and Essays (partial list) (1951) Mohanty, J. N. Whitehead's Philosophy of 'Process'. Philosophical Quarterly (India) 24: (1957) "Thought and Action Thought and Action." Proceedings of the Indian Philosophical Congress, Srinagar. (1957) "A recent criticism of the Foundations of Nicolai Hartmann's Ontology." Journal of the Department of Letters, University of Calcutta, New Series, 1: (1958) "Types of Linguistic Philosophy." Visva-Bharati Quarterly, 25: (1958) "The Mind Behind Bhoodan: Shri Vinoba Bhave's Land-Gift Movement." The Aryan Path,: (1958) "Vinoba's Gandhism: An Aspect." Gandhi-Marq, II: 1-4. (1958) "Modes of Givenness." Archiv für Philosophie, 8 : (1958) "Logic and Ontology." Journal of the Department of Letters, University of Calcutta, II: (1959) "A Note on Modern Nominalism." Proceedings of the Indian Philosophical Congress, Cuttack. (1959) "Individual Fact and Essence in Edmund Husserl's Philosophy." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 20 (2): (1959) "Sarvodaya and Aurobindo-a Reapproachment." Gandhi Marg, 4 (30): 1-9 5

6 (1960) "On G.E. Moore's Defense of Commonsense." Indian Journal of Philosophy, II: (1961) "Meaning and Truth." Proceedings of the 36th Session of the Indian Philosophical Congress,: (1962) "Reflections on the Nyāya Theory of Avayavīpratyaska." Journal of the Indian Academy of Philosophy, I: (1963) "Remarks on Nicolai Hartmann's Modal Doctrine." Kant-Studien, 54 (1-4): (1964) "Meaning and Truth." Visva-Bharati Journal of Philosophy, I: (1964) "The Given." Procedures of the Delhi Philosophical Colloquium, India International Center. (1965) "The Conception of Phenomenology." Journal of the Indian Academy of Philosophy, IV: (1965) "Remarks on Content Theory." Visva-Bharati Journal of Philosophy, II: (1966) "Nyāya Theory of Doubt." Visva-Bharati Journal of Philosophy, III: (1966) "Gilbert Ryle's Criticisms of the Concept of Consciousness." Visva-Bharati Journal of Philosophy, III. (1967) "Language and Reality." Anviksiki: Journal of the Center for Advanced Study in Philosophy, II. (1968) "Notas a Las Lecciones De Husserl Sobre La Conciencia Del Tiempo." Dianoia, (14):

7 (1968) "The Concept of Nature in Indian and Western Philosophy." Journal of the Deptartment of Humanities, University of Burdwan, India, I : (1969) "Violence as Value or Disvalue." Journal of the Indian Academy of Philosophy, : 1-7. (1970) "Husserl's Concept of Intentionality." Analecta Husserliana, I: (1971) "Review article on Matilal's 'The Navya-Nyāya Doctrine of Negation'." Journal of Indian Philosophy, I: (1972) "Can Intentionality Be Explained Away?." Indian Review of Philosophy, (2): (1972) "A Note on the Doctrine of Noetic-Noematic Correlation." Analecta Husserliana, II : (1972) "Phenomenology and Existentialism: Encounter with Indian Philosophy." International Philosophical Quarterly, 12 (4): (1973) "Review of Calvin O. Schrag's 'Experience and Being'." Journal of Philosophy, LXX : (1974) "Frege-Husserl Correspondence." The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, 5 (3): (1974) "Colloquy on Being: The Western Vs. Indian Traditions (with Vollrath and Dove)." Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, (4). (1974) "Husserl and Frege: A New Look at Their Relationship." Research in Phenomenology, IV (1): (1974) "Life-World and a Priori in Husserl's Later Thought." Analecta Husserliana, III :

8 (1974) "Philosophy in India, " The Review of Metaphysics, 28 (1): (1974) "On Husserl's Theory of Meaning." The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, 5 (3): (1974) "Husserl and Frege: a new look at their relationship," Research in Phenomenology 4: (1974). (1975) "Consciousness and Life-World." Social Research, (42): (1975) "Review of Natanson's 'Edmund Husserl: Philosopher of Infinite Tasks'." Journal of the History of Philosophy, XIII (4): (1977) "Indian Philosophy: Between Tradition and Modernity." Bharata Manisha, II: (1977) Mohanty, J. N. "Husserl's Theory of Meaning." In Husserl, Expositions and Appraisals. Edited by Frederick Elliston and Peter McCormick, Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. ( ) "Thoughts on the Concept of World." Visva-Bharati Quarterly, (43): (1978) "Husserl's Transcendental Phenomenology and Essentialism." The Review of Metaphysics, 32 (2): (1978) "Consciousness and Existence: Remarks on the Relation between Husserl and Heidegger." Man and World, 11 (3): (1979) "On the Roots of Reference: Quine, Piaget, and Husserl." Southwestern Journal of Philosophy Philosophy, 9 (2): (1979) "Consciousness and Knowledge in Indian Philosophy." Philosophy East and West, 29 (1):

9 (1980) "Review of Thomas Fay's 'Heidegger: The Critique of Logic' and Bernard Grunewald's 'Der Phänomenologische Ursprung des Logischen'." The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, XI : (1980) "Review of Richard Murphy's 'Hume and Husserl'." The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, XI : (1980) "Understanding Some Ontological Differences in Indian Philosophy." Journal of Indian Philosophy, 8 (3): (1980) "The Concept of Intuition in Aesthetics: Apropos a Critique by Adorno." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 39 (1): (1980) "Subject and Person: Eastern and Western Modes of Thinking about Man." (1980) "Indian Theories of Truth: Thoughts on Their Common Framework." Philosophy East and West, 30 (4): (1981) "Review of Bernard Grunewald's 'Der Phänomenologische Ursprung des Logischen'." Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, (64): (1981) "Review of Elliot Deutsch's 'On Truth: An Ontological Theory'." Philosophy East and West, (9): (1981) "Understanding Husserl's Transcendental Phenomenology." A Priori and World. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. (1981) "Intentionality and ``possible Worlds''." Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 35 : (1981) "Intentionality and Noema." The Journal of Philosophy, 78 (11):

10 (1982) "Review of D.P. Chattopadhyaya's 'Individuals and Worlds'." Nous,: (1982) "Indian Philosophy between Tradition and Modernity." Indian Philosophy Past and Present. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. (1982) "Intentionality and Possible Worlds: Husserl and Hintikka." Dreyfus, HL (Hg.), Husserl, Intentionality and Cognitive Science, Cambridge (Mass.), : (1982) "Husserlian Phenomenology and the De Re and De Dicto Intentionalities." Research in Phenomenology, 12 (1): (1982) "Husserl and Frege: A New Look at Their Relationship." In Husserl, Intentionality, and Cognitive Science. Edited by H. L. Dreyfus with Harrison Hall, Cambridge and London: The MIT Press, (1983) "Rorty, Phenomenology and Transcendental Philosophy in Revolution and Radical Reflection." The Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology Manchester, 14 (1): (1983) "Husserl on "Possibility"." Husserl Studies, 1 (1): (1984) "Review of J.R. Searle's 'Intentionality'." Review of Metaphysics, (June). (1984) "Prāmānya and Workability---response to Potter." Journal of Indian Philosophy, 12 (4): (1984) "Dummett, Frege and Phenomenology." Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 15 (Jan): (1984) "Communication, interpretation and intention." Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, II :

11 (1984) "Intentionality, Causality and Holism." Synthese, 61 (1): (1984) "Philosophical Description and Descriptive Philosophy." Research in Phenomenology, 14 (1): (1986) "Review of Backer and Hacker's 'Frege: Logical Excavations'." Journal of the History of Philosophy, (24): (1986) "Levels of Understanding Intentionality." The Monist, 69 (4): (1986) "Perceptual Meaning." Topoi, 5 (2): (1987) "Review of B.K. Matilal's 'Perception'." Times Literary Supplement, Oct 10: (1987) "Sense, Reference and the Ineffable in Indian Philosophy in Logical Grammar and Philosophy of Language (II).." Journal of Chinese philosophy, 14 (4): (1987) "Review of P.K. Mukhopadhyaya's 'Indian Realism'." Journal of Indian Philosophy, 15 (3): (1988) "Phenomenology and Indian Philosophy: The Concept of Rationality." Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 19 : (1988) "Time: Linear or Cyclic, and Husserl's Phenomenology of Inner Time Consciousness." Philosophia Naturalis, 25 (1-2): (1988) "The relevance of Husserl today." Husserl Studies, 5 (3): (1988) "A Fragment of the Indian Philosophical Tradition--Theory of Pramāna." Philosophy East & West, 38 (3): (1988) "Heidegger on Logic." Journal of the History of Philosophy, 26 (1):

12 (1991) "Method of Imaginative Variation in Phenomenology." Thought Experiments in Science and Philosophy. (1995) "Theory and Practice in Indian Philosophy." Australian Journal of Philosophy, 73 (1): (1996) "Kant and Husserl." Husserl Studies, 13 (1): (1997) "The Idea of the Good in Indian Thought." A Companion to World Philosophies. Oxford: Blackwell. (1997) "The Concept of Psychologism' in Frege and Husserl," Philosophy and Rhetoric 30: (2009) Introduction, S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, Volumes I and II. (2010) Is Vedantic Phenomenology possible?, Bulletin of R. K. Mission Institute of Culture. (2010) Towards a Phenomenological Vedanta, Prabuddha Bharata. Articles and Essays (in press). (2010) K.C. Bhattacharya s Essay on Kant. Chatterjee T. (co-ed.), Indian Academy of Philosophy. 12

Department of Philosophy, UOH. Course code: PH701. Class: M. Phil. Semester: I. Number of credits 4. Method of evaluation:

Department of Philosophy, UOH. Course code: PH701. Class: M. Phil. Semester: I. Number of credits 4. Method of evaluation: Department of Philosophy, UOH Course name: Contemporary Indian Thought Course code: PH701 Class: M. Phil. Semester: I Number of credits 4 Method of evaluation: Internal assessment: 40% marks (Term paper/class