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U.G.C. CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY (CAS) Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sharma Co-ordinator, CAS & Head of the Department DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSPHY (CAS, Building) University of Rajasthan Jaipur-302004 (INDIA) Dear Prof./Dr. It is a matter of pleasure that Department of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, has been a witness to the glorious philosophical tradition of acclaimed philosophers, Late Prof. P.T. Raju, Prof. V.H. Date, Pt. Khadganath Mishra, Prof. Daya Krishna, Prof. Govind Chandra Pande, Prof. Chandmal Sharma, Prof. Ramchandra Gandhi, to name a few. The tradition is still alive and resplendent under the insightful vision of Sri Yashdeva Shalya, Prof. Rajendra Swaroop Bhatanagar and Prof. Biswambhar Pahi. In honour of this tradition, Centre for Advanced Study has resolved to hold an International Seminar to analyse and evaluate the unparalleled and memorable contribution, of its founder, Prof. Biswambhar Pahi, towards philosophy. On the occasion of 80 th birth anniversary of Prof. Pahi, a three-day long International Seminar on Philosophical Contributions of Prof. Biswambhar Pahi, is being organized with assistance of ICPR, from 12 th to 14 th March, 2016. It is also a matter of pride that Indian Council for Philosophical Research (ICPR) is felicitating Prof. Pahi with its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, which shall be bestowed upon him in the inaugural session of the seminar. You are an authority over the subject and thus cordially invited in the seminar. You are kindly requested to intimate us about your acceptance by 5 February, 2016 and also send us the abstract of your paper by this date. You are also requested to send your complete paper by 15 th February 2016. For outstation participants (requiring accommodation) a registration fees of Rs. 1500/-, for local participants (not requiring accommodation) registration fees of Rs. 1000/-, for research scholars registration fees of Rs. 800/-, shall be applicable. Travel allowance shall not be granted, facility of fooding and lodging might be made, subject to availability. The Papers presented in the seminar shall be published in Journal of Foundational Research, ISSN 2395-5635. Papers can be written in English, Hindi or Sanskrit. 18.01.2015 Mr. Anubhav Varshney Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sharma Co-ordinator, Seminar, Director, Seminar Assistant Professor, Head & Co-ordinator, Centre for Advanced Studies, Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur University of Rajasthan, Jaipur Contact: 9772242525 Contact: 09413970601 E-mail: anubhavshunya@gmail.com E-mail: rajendrasharmauniraj@gmail.com hodphilosophyuniraj@gmail.com A list of Prof. Pahi s publications is attached, the works desired by you for paper presentation could be made available to you. The Department is also committed to make available his scattered writings in book form, in the seminar. 1

Life and Philosophy of Prof. Biswambhar Pahi Prof. Biswambhar Pahi received his basic training in philosophy at the Universities of Utkal and Allahabad and later did graduate work in Formal Logic at Yale University, U.S.A. to earn his Master s and Ph.D. degrees. He taught at Central Washington State College and University of Notre Dame, U.S.A. He served as reader from 1974 to 1979 and then as Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, from 1979 to 1996. He worked as co-ordinator of UGC s Special Assistance Programme from 1984 to 2001. His life is an epitome of dedication towards the cause of philosophy. He has a revered place in the evolution of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika and Indian Philosophy and in teaching and research in Indian and Western Logic. He has made an astonishing attempt to mutually compliment the two traditions of Logic. Prof. Pahi s celebrated work, Vaiśeṣika Padārthavyavasthā kā Paddhatimūlaka Vimarśa, is a serious endeavour to develop further the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika system. Prof. Pahi opines that development of a philosophical system calls for harmony of philosophers commitment to tradition and freedom of thought sustained by their creative insights. The history of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika system is a witness to the fact of blind loyalty towards tradition denying to even thinkers of the calibre of Bhasarvajna and Raghunatha Siromani, the right to set one s metaphysical house in order. The most fundamental goal of his philosophy is characterizing commitment to tradition by giving it palpable form and discernible content. His philosophy aims to facilitate a natural development of Nyāya- Vaiśeṣika system by either rejection or a reconstruction (on the basis of a rational examination) of those traditional views that obstacle the same. Prof. Pahi has also made a serious and novel contribution towards Western Formal Logic. The Seminar is an endeavour to assess and evaluate the novel and deep scholarship and thoughts of Prof. Biswambhar Pahi. Themes for paper presentation You may present a paper on any of the following themes: A. Assessment of contribution towards Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika The Place of Vaiśeṣika Padārthavyavasthā in Indian Philosophy Fundamental methodological and epistemic doctrines of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika ( Loka-pratiti and Shastra, Rationality) Fundamental metaphysical doctrines of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika (Dharma-dharmi bheda, Bhedabheda vyavastha, Asatkaryavada, Padarthattva) Purusharthamimamsa of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika ( Karamavada and Samsaravada, Dukha, Adrishta, Atma, Ishwar, Purushartha) Vaiśeṣika ontology ( Akasha, Desha-kala, Avayavi, Sankhya, Parimana and Samuchchaya, Samvaya, Vishesha) B. Assessment of contribution towards Western Formal Logic. Prof. Pahi s articles published in Studies in Formal Logic. Re-phrasing the terminology of western formal logic in the jargon of Navya- Nyāya ( On Relating Two Traditions of Logic" in Logic, Navya-Nyāya and its Applications: Homage to Bimal Krishna Matilal ) C. Contribution towards Aesthetics, Poetics, Greek Philosophy:- Ideas pertaining to Prof. Pahi s vision in other streams of thought. 2

List of publications of Prof. Biswambhar Pahi Books 1- Studies in Implicational Calculi, Michigan, USA 1967 2- Studies in Formal Logic, Deptt. of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur ]1993 3- j?kqukfk f kjksef.k fojfpr inkfkzrùofu:i.ke~ dk fgunh vuqokn] n kzu fohkkx] jktlfkku fo ofo ky;] t;iqj]1997 ¼dqlqe tsu ds lkfk½ 4- os ksf"kd inkfkzo;olfkk dk i)frewyd foe kz] n kzu fohkkx] jktlfkku fo ofo ky;] t;iqj]2000 5- Approaches to Formal Logic (Under preparation) Papers published in National and International Journals 1- Panini s Technique of Representing Linguistic Regularities, AJOS, 1988 ( with R.P. Sharma) 2-3 Reflections on some life-affirming commitments of Western Science and The development of the deductive model of knowledge organization in Greek Thought, JFR, 1993 (with Naseem Quazi) 4. Reflections on Methodological issues in Plato s Philebus, JFR, 1993 ( with Mohin Mohammad) 5. Two papers in Burden of Poetic Consciousness, SAP, Deptt. of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 1996 ( with S. Jethmalani) 6-7 A Framework for the Moral Evaluation of Actions and On the Structure of the Purusartha System in Foundations of Indian Moral Thought, special issue of JFR, 2003 8. The early Vedic Weltanschaung, JFR 2003 ( with S. Jethmalani) 9. Formal Logic in Ancient Indian and Greece, in History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian civilization, vol. Part 4, 2007 10. On Relationg Two Traditions of Logic, in Logic, Navya-Nyaya & Applications, 2008 11. Making Constructive Use of History: Groundwork for a Nyaya-Vaiesika Philosophy of Mathematics, JICPR, 2008 12. Vaisesika System, History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, vol. 1, Part 5, A Golden Chain of Civilizations: Indic, Iranic, Semitic and Hellenic. Section 2: Science, Philosophy and culture, 2012 13. 'kkl= Lo:i fo"k;d fl)kur,oa rdz kkl= ds fodkl dh fn kk, ] muehyu In various issues of The Journal of Symbolic Logic 14. On the non-existence of finite characteristic matrices for some implicational calculi 15. Some results on Generalized Truth- Tables (with Applebee) 16. Restricted extensions of some implicational calculi 17. Some classes of decidable implicational calculi without finite model property 18. A note on full models of propositional calculi 19. Theorems for some implicational calculi (with Jankov) 20. A result on axiom systems for propositional calculi In various issues of Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 21. An unsolvable problem concerning implicational calculi (with Applebee) 22. Some result on Generalized Truth Tables (with Applebee) 23. Necessity and some non-model propositional calculi 24. Maximal full matrices In various issues of Zeitschrift fur mathematische Logik and Grundlangen der Mathematik 25. Full models and restricted extensions of propositional calculi 26. Restricted extensions of implicational calculi 27. A theorem on the interrelationship of axiom systems for implicational calculi 28. A method for proving the non-existence of finite characteristic models for implicational calculi 29. Theorems for some implicational calculi 30. Independence Proofs in Propositional Logics unaccomplishable by Finite Matrices and Decidability without finite model property, abstracts, vol. 5 part-3, pp. 157-159, VIII International Congress in Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Moscow. 3

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izks- fo oehkj ikfg ds miykc/k d`fr;ksa dh lwph iqlrd 1- Studies in Implicational Calculi, Michigan, USA 1967 2- Studies in Formal Logic, Deptt. of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur ]1993 3- j?kqukfk f kjksef.k& inkfkzrùofu:i.ke~ dk fgunh vuqokn] n kzu fohkkx] jktlfkku fo ofo ky;] t;iqj]1997 ¼dqlqe tsu ds lkfk½ 4- os ksf"kd inkfkzo;olfkk dk i)frewyd foe kz] n kzu fohkkx] jktlfkku fo ofo ky;] t;iqj]2000 5- Approaches to Formal Logic (Under preparation) vurjjkf"vª; rfkk jkf"vª; if=dkvksa esa izdkf kr dfri; 'kks/k&i= 1- Panini s Technique of Representing Linguistic Regularities, AJOS, 1988 ( with R.P. Sharma) 2-3 Reflections on some life-affirming commitments of Western Science and The development of the deductive model of knowledge organization in Greek Thought, JFR, 1993 (with Naseem Quazi) 4. Reflections on Methodological issues in Plato s Philebus, JFR, 1993 ( with Mohin Mohammad) 5. Two papers in Burden of Poetic Consciousness, SAP, Deptt. of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 1996 ( with S. Jethmalani) 6-7 A Framework for the Moral Evaluation of Actions and On the Structure of the Purusartha System in Foundations of Indian Moral Thought, special issue of JFR, 2003 8. The early Vedic Weltanschaung, JFR 2003 ( with S. Jethmalani) 9. Formal Logic in Ancient Indian and Greece, in History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian civilization, vol. Part 4, 2007 10. On Relationg Two Traditions of Logic, in Logic, Navya-Nyaya & Applications, 2008 11. Making Constructive Use of History: Groundwork for a Nyaya-Vaiesika Philosophy of Mathematics, JICPR, 2008 12. Vaisesika System, History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, vol. 1, Part 5, A Golden Chain of Civilizations: Indic, Iranic, Semitic and Hellenic. Section 2: Science, Philosophy and culture, 2012 13. 'kkl= Lo:i fo"k;d fl)kur,oa rdz kkl= ds fodkl dh fn kk, ] muehyu In various issues of The Journal of Symbolic Logic 14. On the non-existence of finite characteristic matrices for some implicational calculi 15. Some results on Generalized Truth- Tables (with Applebee) 16. Restricted extensions of some implicational calculi 17. Some classes of decidable implicational calculi without finite model property 18. A note on full models of propositional calculi 19. Theorems for some implicational calculi (with Jankov) 20. A result on axiom systems for propositional calculi In various issues of Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 21. An unsolvable problem concerning implicational calculi (with Applebee) 22. Some result on Generalized Truth Tables (with Applebee) 23. Necessity and some non-model propositional calculi 24. Maximal full matrices In various issues of Zeitschrift fur mathematische Logik and Grundlangen der Mathematik 25. Full models and restricted extensions of propositional calculi 26. Restricted extensions of implicational calculi 27. A theorem on the interrelationship of axiom systems for implicational calculi 28. A method for proving the non-existence of finite characteristic models for implicational calculi 29. Theorems for some implicational calculi 30. Independence Proofs in Propositional Logics unaccomplishable by Finite Matrices and Decidability without finite model property, abstracts, vol. 5 part-3, pp. 157-159, VIII International Congress in Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Moscow. 3