Workshop organized by Agnieszka Rostalska, Ghent University, Belgium

November 4 in the afternoon, The Seminar Complex, Institute of Science, BHU, 1st Floor

November 7 in the afternoon, DST- Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, 1st Floor, Seminar Hall

Keynote Speakers

Contributing Speakers

SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW: PAÑCĀNANA TARKARATNA BHAṬṬĀCĀRYA’S TWENTIETH CENTURY ŚĀKTA VEDĀNTA Tarinee Awasthi, Nov 4, 14:45-15:15

THE CONCEPT OF NIRODHA IN ŚUDDHĀDVAITA VEDĀNTA Arpan Bhattacharya, Nov 4, 15:15-15:45

THE SVĀTANTRIKA-PRĀSAṄGIKA DEBATE: TWO POSITIONS ON VERIDICAL PARADOX Aditya Guntoori, Nov 4, 16:30-17:00

ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM Namrata Kothari and Anand Kumar Jain, Nov 4, 17:00-17:30

WOMEN ON THE ROAD TO LIBERATION (MOKSA) IN JAINISM: EQUALITY VS. DIFFERENCE? Asha Mukherjee, Nov 7, 14:00-14:30

FROM LOGICAL PLURALISM VIA METAPHYSICAL MONISM TO ACTIVE ETHICS: NAGARJUNA’S VOYAGE FROM LOGIC TO RELIGION Sree Kala M. Nair, Nov 7, 14:30-15:00

CONTAINMENT AND MANY-SIDEDNESS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF JAIN AND ARISTOTELIAN LOGICS Benjamin Gaskin, Nov 7, 15:00-15:30

RĀMĀNUJA AND THE OBLIGATION TO WORSHIP GOD Gyan Prakash, Nov 7, 15:30-16:00

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF “MEANS OF ACTIONS” IN JAIN KARMA DOCTRINE Subhash Jain, Nov 7, 16:15-16:45

DENYING THE BINARY OF THEISM AND ATHEISM: A JAINA PARADIGM OF GOD Jinesh Sheth, Sulabh Jain and Anubhav Jain, Nov 7, 16:45-17:15

ON MĪMĀṂSĀ’S ARGUMENTATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR POSTULATING THE REDUNDANCY OF GOD Monika Nowakowska, Nov 7, 17:15-17:45

THE INDIAN CONCEPT OF 'SELF' AND ARGUMENTS FOR ITS EXISTENCE IN UDAYANA'S ĀTMATATTVAVIVEKA Agnieszka Rostalska, Nov 4, 17:45-18:15