Faculty Member

Bijoy Mukherjee
Professor
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Department
Philosophy

Areas of Specialisation
Logic, Philosophy of Science, Analytic Philosophy, Ethics & Social Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophical Logic
   

 
Date of Birth 17th April 1952
Qualification
Year Degree College/University
1973 B.Sc. Visva-Bharati
1979 M.A. Visva-Bharati
1998 Ph.D. Visva-Bharati
Research Projects, Papers and Books
Major Projects
Causality and Law in Scientific Explanation, UGC Project, ( Principal Investigator) 1996 - 1999
Default Logic and Moral Paradoxes, Supported by UGC (Co-investigator) 1997-2000
Amartya Sen and Contemporary Philosophy: UGC Project (Principal investigator) ongoing

Books
Formal Logic: Paradigms and Perspectives ( forthcoming)
Amartya Sen: Philosophical Papers editing a collection of papers by Prof. A. Sen written on philosophical subjects (Forth Coming) Oxford U.P.

Papers
 Published about 25 research and review articles in various national and international journals and anthologies and 2 articles are forthcoming.
Teaching Experience
22 years in Visva-Bharati
Awards
ICPR General Fellow(1982 - 1985), UGC Major Research Project Grant (1996-1999) Travel Grant by ICPR (1984), Travel grant 1996, Visva-Bharati, UGC Major Research Project Grant ( 2001 - 2003), Visiting Fellow, Assam University 2003.
Academic Distinction
Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Philosophy, Indian University, Bloomington, US ( 1985)
 Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Philosophy, Assam University Silchar, 2003
Other co-curricular interests
Actively pursuing Indian Classical Music and Digital Music Processing, Low-cost Vernacular Architecture and Sustainable Agriculture.