In the present digital library, we are trying to preserve the intellectual tradition that has been bequeathed to us. For now, we have collected several issues of Our Heritage, a journal that contains some of the finest articles on several aspects of the classical Indian knowledge system. Many traditional scholars (pandits), alongside anglophone Indologists, contributed significantly to this journal, spanning various fields, including Nyāya (logic), Kāvya (poetry), Vyakaraṇa (grammar), Jyotish (astrology), Chanda (prosody), classical Indian history, etc.
With the advent of colonial education, a group of philosophers trained in European philosophy began to reinterpret insights from classical Indian philosophy in a new context. Kolkata emerged as a leading centre of this cosmopolitan philosophical scholarship. Many of these philosophers from Kolkata (and also from other places in India) had their works published in The Journal of The Indian Academy of Philosophy. Many of the issues of this journal have been collected and uploaded to the present site.
Some letters from important philosophers have also been uploaded.
We are in the process of making unpublished essays by renowned philosophers, such as Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya, in both Bengali and English, available in the digital library.
Our Project Team
Our leadership team driving this initiative.
Professor Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty
Professor of Philosophy, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty is Professor in Philosophy, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Formerly, he has held the positions of Dean, Faculty of Arts, Rabindra Bharati University; Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Rabindra Bharati University; and Former Member Secretary, Indian Council of Philosophical Research (Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India), New Delhi. He is currently the Head of the Department of Philosophy, Rabindra Bharati University. He was a Commonwealth Staff Fellow at University of Glasgow, Scotland, Visiting Fellow at University of Pune, University of Hyderabad, University of Assam, Silchar, and University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy. His Publications include:
Books (in English)
- Edited Language, Thought and Reality, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, 2010
- Edited Perspectives on Radhakrishnan, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, 2007
- Co-edited Knowledge Truth and Realism — Essays in Philosophical Analysis by Pranab Kumar Sen, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, 2007.
- Co-edited Empiricism and The Two Dogmas, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, 2006.
- Pursuit of Meaning, New Age, Calcutta, 2004.
- In Defense of Intrinsic Value of Nature, New Age, Calcutta, 2004.
- Edited Different Aspects of Environmental Concern, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, 2001. (Also contributed essay on ‘On the Very Idea of Intrinsic Value of Nature’.)
Books (In Bengali)
- Edited Bingsha Shatabdite Bharatiya Darshan Cinta, Paschim Banga Rajya Pustak Parsat, 2020
- Paribesh o Nitividya, Paschim Banga Rajya Pustak Parsat, 2018
- Edited Smarane Manane Brajendranath Seal, Alocana Cakra, Kolkata, 2016
- Darsaner pathe: Pube o Paschime, Gangchil, Kolkata, 2010
Professor Madhucchanda Sen
Professor of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Professor Madhucchanda Sen is a Professor of Philosophy at Jadavpur University, where she has been teaching from 2011. She taught at Rabindra Bharati University from 2001 to 2011.
She was educated at Jadavpur University, Kolkata and University College London.
She was a faculty member of the Module on Critical Thinking under Project E-QUAL, Jadavpur University funded by EU. She works in the area of computer aided learning of Critical Thinking.
She was a Visiting Professor under ERASMUS programme at Department of History, Cultures and Civilisation, University of Bologna, Italy, April, 2017.
Her major areas of research interest are Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Critical Thinking, and Epistemology.
Her publications include:
- Externalism and the Mental, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2015,
- Introduction to Critical Thinking, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2010,
- With Stan Baronett, Logic, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2009,
- With Marilyn Anderson, and Pramod Nayar, Critical Thinking, Academic Writing and Presentation Skills, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2009,
- With Nilambar Chakraborty, “Sabichar Chintan – Ekti Bhumika” forthcoming from Pashchim Banga Rajya Pustak Parshad.
- ‘The Self and the Other, The Inner and the Outer: Dissolving Binaries’, in Culture and Dialogue, 1 No. 2, September 2011.
She has co-edited
- Mind and Cognition – An Interdisciplinary Sharing – Essays in Honour of Amita Chatterjee, D.K. Printworld, New Delhi 2019.
- Indian Folk Psychology, Jadavpur University, Suryodaya Books, New Delhi, 2015,
- Experiencing Self, Jadavpur University, Mahabodhi Society, Kolkata 2015.
- Empiricism and the Two Dogmas, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, 2006,
- Language and Communication – A Philosophical Study, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, 2005. Contributed paper entitled “Davidson, Dummett, and the Manifestation Argument”.
- Knowledge, Truth and Realism —Essays in Philosophical Analysis by Pranab Kumar Sen, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi.
Dr. Imdadul Islam Molla
Research Fellow, BRC, Guest Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Sanskrit University, Kolkata
Imdadul Islam Molla is a guest lecturer at Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata. He has been teaching from 2021 at the University. He taught at Rabindra Bharati Univerity as a Research Scholar from 2018 to 2020.
He has completed his B.A. in Philosophy, M.A. in Philosophy and Ph.D. degree from Rabindra Bharati University. His major research areas are Philosophy of Language, Nyāya Logic.
His Publications are:
- ‘Talking About What There Is Not’, Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy, Volume-28, No.-1, 2018.
- ‘Jñāna Sambandha O Jagat: Prasanga Mahesh Chandra Nyāyaratna’, Alochona Chakra, Volume-49, No-2, 2020.