icpr newsletter 3 (1-7) - Indian Council of Philosophical Research

Lectures by Professor P.K. Mukhopadhyaya, National Fellow.At Academic Centre, LucknowProfessor P.K. Mukhopadhyaya, National Fellow,delivered lectures on 13-17 November 2008 at theAcademic Centre, Lucknow on the topic “Philosophyof Language : Indian and Western”.At Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University,Katra, Udhampur, J&KProfessor P.K. Mukhopadhaya, National Fellowdelivered lectures on 25-26 November 2008. Thetopic of the lectures were Logic: Indian and Western,Philosophy of Language: Indian and Western.Professor Mukhopadhaya in his lecture argued thatIndian Logic is strikingly different from Western Logicsince Indian Logic is epistemological in nature whereasWestern Logic is formal and detached from any psychologicalcontents. Further he distinguished between“Doing Logic' and 'Philosophically Reflecting onLogic'. He delivered three technical lectures and ageneral lecture on theme Science Technology and Society: Aphilosopher's response. The lecture was a great success andwas attended by faculty members and students ofuniversity. Professor N.K Bansal, Vice Chancellorpresided over the session and gave thought provokingThe Council organizes Periodical Lectures for thepromotion of philosophy among young students ofdifferent cities in India on a low cost budget. Seniorscholars of the local area are requested to lecture to theyoung scholars, researchers and teachers so as to enablethem to be benefited by the lectures.The Council organized Periodical lectures in thefollowing places yielding very good results.remarks. All lectures of Professor P.K.Mukhopadhayaya were scholarly and highly appreciated.On behalf of the School of Philosophy andCulture, Dr. V.K. Tripathi expressed thanks to theNational Fellow.At Kurukshetra:Periodical LecturesProfessor P.K. Mukhopadhyaya delivered lecturesduring 26-27 March 2009 on the following topics atDepartment of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit, KurukshetraUniversity.1. 26 March 2009 (forenoon): Changing Perceptionsof Indian Philosophy and Culture.2. 26 March 2009 (forenoon) : Bhartrhari and Philosophyof Language I3. 26 March 2009 (afternoon) : Bhartrhari andPhilosophy of Language II4. 27 March 2009 (forenoon) Understanding andKnowing : A problem in the theory of SabdaPramana-I5. 27 March 2009 (forenoon) Understanding andKnowing : A problem in the theory of SabdaPramana-II The Philosophy Department, under the headshipof Ms. Monica Saikia, Sibsagar College, Joysagar,Assam organized a lecture by Dr. Girish Boruahon 'Advaita Vedanta and Vaishnavism of MahapurushaSri Sri Sankaradeva' on 12 December 2008. Alarge number of scholars as well as teachers ofphilosophy and other disciplines attended thesame.Dr. Girish Boruah lecturingAudience spell bound30