UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL
The Department of Philosophy, University of North Bengal, which was established in 1968, is one of the most accomplished centres of learning and research in the field of Philosophy in India. We take pride in being a department where equal emphasis is placed on quality research as well as on development and training of students through extensive teacher-student interaction. The Department of Philosophy has earned high accolades with the award of Special Assistance Programme by the UGC in three phases DRS-I (2002-09), DRS-II (2009-14) and DRS-III (2015-2020). The focal themes were as under – ‘Classical Indian Languages and Contemporary Western Philosophy’ (DRS I) , ‘The Philosophy of Meaning in Classical Indian and Contemporary Western Philosophy’ (DRS II), ‘The Problem of Meaning in Classical Indian Philosophy and Contemporary Western Philosophy’ (DRS III),. The Centre for Ambedkar Studies (2013 – 2017) and Centre for Buddhist Studies (2013 – 2017) were run by the department with great success.
Our department is a vibrant centre of higher education and research. Academic activities like taking up of research projects, publication of books and papers, organization of seminars/workshops and refresher courses have been a mark of the department over the years. An atmosphere of free discussion is encouraged in the department which helps the students to realize the significance of Philosophy in areas beyond the contours of the syllabus. Student–teacher interaction during classroom teaching as well as during seminars is not strictly confined to the limits of the syllabus, but transcends into other areas of importance and relevance. National and international seminars and lectures by well-known scholars are held regularly in the department. Faculties from various Indian and foreign universities visit us regularly, adding to the vitality of the academic discourse here. The faculty members of this department also visit universities abroad on visiting faculty programmes and for attending seminars/conferences. Students are encouraged to take part in academic discussions with visiting faculties and to participate in seminars/conferences.
The learners get research foundation for doctoral degree
The learners will have the ability, oral and written, to discuss the main problems of metaphysics, epistemology and ethics in depth, covering different traditions such as western and Indian.
The students get exposed to research ethics, ways to avoid plagiarism and all aspects of research methodology in concerned discipline.
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Restricted to NBU students
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Professor Philosophy of Language, Logic, Environmental and Value based Ethics.
HoD
Professor Analytic Philosophy, Ethics, Political Philosophy
Professor Nyaya,Contemporary Indian Philosophy
Professor Continental Philosophy, Ethics
Professor Practical Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Western Epistemology and Meta-Ethics
Professor Cognitive Science, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Kant, Wittgenstein and Gandhi
Associate Professor Logic, Analytic Philosophy, Ethics
Assistant Professor Western Logic, Classical & Contemporary Indian Philosophy
Assistant Professor Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic
Assistant Professor Applied Ethics,Western Epistemology, Peace and Conflict Studies
Head of the Department
Professor
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