Consciousness and the Self

Workshop organized by Ricardo Silvestre, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil - November 4 morning and afternoon, The Seminar Complex, Institute of Science, BHU, 1st Floor

November 5 morning and November 7 morning, DST- Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, 1st Floor, Seminar Hall

November 7 afternoon, DST- Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, gorund floor, computer room, on the left

Keynote Speakers

Nov 5, 9:30-10:15

Contributing Speakers

SELF AND CONSCIOUSNESS: AN ATTEMPT AT BRIDGING THE GAP(S) ON THE CONCEPT OF “SELF” FROM THE EAST AND WEST Ananya Barua and Rajnee Devi, Nov 4, 11:30-12:00

DOES CONSCIOUSNESS FORM THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE? Sanjiv Desai, Nov 4, 12:00-12:30

REFLEXIVE AWARENESS AND MEMORY IN INDIAN BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY Russell Guilbault, Nov 4, 12:30-13:00

LOGICAL UNDERDETERMINATION OF TRUTH AS A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF FREE WILL IN PHYSICAL SYSTEMS Arne Hole , Nov 4, 14:45-15:15

THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SELF AND THE FEELING OF EXISTENCE IN THE KANTIAN SUBLIME Ivan Iyer, Nov 4, 15:15-15:45

BETWEEN SENSES, MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS: A JAINA VIEW ON THE SOUL Achyut Kant Jain, Nov 4, 16:00-16:30

SELF, ALL THE WAY DOWN Reshma Joy, Nov 4, 16:30-17:00

WHAT IF WE SEEM TO SEEM, AND NOT SEEM?: ESTIMATING THE UNREASONABLE PRICE OF ILLUSIONISM Biplab Karak, Nov 4, 17:00-17:30

CONSCIOUSNESS AS INNATE IDEA: A DEBATE BETWEEN DESCARTES AND LOCKE Mohasina Khatun, Nov 5, 10:15-10:45

MICROPSYCHIST AND COSMOPSYCHIST APPPORACHES TO THE PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS Raushan Kumar, Nov 5, 10:45-11:15

SALVATION BY ACTION OR BY DETACHMENT? Ishan Mangal, Nov 5, 11:30-12:00

WHO IS BOUND AND LIBERATED? SWAMI HARIHARANANDA’S PERSPECTIVE REGARDING THE SĀṂKHYA THEORY OF BONDAGE AND LIBERATION Biplab Mallick, Nov 5, 12:00-12:30

NONLOCALITY IN INDIAN MODELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Shimi C Mani, Nov 5, 12:30-13:00

PANENTHEISTIM AND COSMOPSYCHISM IN IN THE BHAVAGAD GĪTĀ Ricardo Silvestre, Nov 7, 9:45-10:15

INDIC MANY-VALUED LOGIC AND MAYA AS FICTION WITHIN SHAKTISM Anway Mukhopadhyay, Nov 7, 10:15-10:45

WHY SUBJECTS OUGHT TO HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS R. Krishnaswamy, Nov 7, 10:45-11:15

AN EARLY BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE: ANĀTMAVĀDA AND MORAL RESPONSIBILIT Yashika Sethi, Nov 7, 11:30-12:00

IS CONSCIOUSNESS FUNDAMENTAL? A VEDĀNTIC PERSPECTIVE Shivanand Sharm, Nov 7, 12:00-12:30

POSSIBILITY OF EMBODIED SELF Akhil Kumar Singh, Nov 7, 12:30-13:00

DIACHRONIC SELF IN ADVAITA VEDĀNTA AND YOGĀCĀRA BUDDHISM Omkar Supekar and Ganesh Bharate, Nov 7, 14:45-15:15

TO ECSTACY THROUGH BHAKTI Amit Waghmare. Nov 7, 15:15-15:45