The Philosopher
Arindam Chakrabarti
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- Indian
- Branchs:
- Indian philosophy, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Aesthetics, Philosophy of art
- Period:
- 21st-century
The synopsis
Arindam Chakrabarti is an Indian philosopher, currently serving as a professor of philosophy at Ashoka University in India. He is a disciple of Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath. Chakrabarti received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Calcutta in 1976 and 1978, respectively. He further pursued his academic career at Oxford University, where he completed his DPhil in 1982. His doctoral studies were supervised by renowned philosophers Sir Peter Strawson and Michael Dummett. His work spans various areas of philosophy, with a particular focus on Indian philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, and aesthetics.
The works
Realisms Interlinked: Objects, Subjects and Other Subjects
The Book of Questions: An Introduction to Indian Philosophical Analysis
Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
Comparative Philosophy without Borders
Engaged Emancipation: New Essays on Yogavāsiṣtha
Mahābhārata Now
Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism and Human Cognition
Universals, Concepts, and Qualities: New Essays on the Meaning of Predicates
Denying Existence
Epistemology, Meaning and Metaphysics After Matilal
Knowing from Words