About: The department of Philosophy established in the year 1948 is one of the oldest departments of the University. It has been ceaselessly working on emanating philosophical ideas, classical and contemporary, Indian as well as Western. The Department insists on developing analytical and critical approach to problems of philosophy. The department has shifted to semester system with effect from the academic session 2000-01.
Thrust Areas of Study: Indian Philosophy – both classical and contemporary, Analytic Philosophy, Continental philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, Moral Philosophy, Applied Ethics, and Modern Logic.
History: The department has reached its present state with the invaluable academic contributions from eminent scholars like Dr. Rakesh Ranjan Sharma, Sri. Bhabananda Dutta, Smti. Nilima Dutta, Professor B. Pahi, Professor K. Saratchandran, Professor K. Bagchi, Dr. A. P. Rao, Dr. K. R. Patnaik, Professor G. C. Khan, Professor K.C. Das, Professor M. K. Kutty, Professor D. K. Chakravarty, Professor Nilima Sharma, Professor S. S. K. Singh, Professor Sibnath Sarma and Professor Girish Sharma.
Objectives: To educate students in the Indian as well as Western philosophies keeping in mind the contemporary global trend in development of Philosophical ideas. To create an environment for the flourishing of a philosophical spirit. To help develop a critical and analytical outlook among students. To provide education based on epistemic, aesthetic and spiritual values for the holistic growth of persona among students.
Research Activity: The Department publishes its own research journal Gauhati University Journal of Philosophy (GUJP) a peer reviewed journal recognized by UGC.
Suggested Fields of Research:
(a) Indian Philosophy (Classical and Contemporary)
(b) Philosophy of Religion and Comparative Religion
(c) Analytic Philosophy
(d) Social and Political philosophy
(e) Logic (Indian and Western)
(f) Philosophy of Mind
(g) Moral Philosophy
(h) Existentialism And Phenomenology
(i) Environmental philosophy
(j) Philosophy of Human Rights
(k) Feminist philosophy
(l) Applied ethics
(m) Philosophy of Value
(n) Philosophy of culture
(o) Philosophy of science
(p) Philosophy of Education
(q)Philosophy of Gandhi
(r) Philosophy of Sankaradeva
(s) Any other relevant philosohical issues
Post Graduation
Name of the Programme: M. A. in Philosophy
Duration:Two year (4 semesters)
Intake capacity: 72
Admission Process: Through Entrance Tests conducted as per G.U.Guidelines
Medium of Entrance Test: English
To download Syllabus: For Entrance Test click: MAEntranceSyllabus
For M.A. Programme: click: drive.google.com/file/d/1Ztvh_mUYtLBrdUnDkzfwX8l8bxpXcBc/view
For U.G. Syllabus click : imagetemp/GU UGCBCSSYLL PHILOSOPHY Structure-converted.pdf
Research Programme:
Name of the Programme: Ph.D. in Philosophy
Intake capacity: As per avalability of seats yearwise
Admission Process: Through GURET (exempted for UGC JRF candidates)
The Department encourages original research on areas enlisted in this web page.
The department encourages original research on a variety of fields such as:
- (a) Indian Philosophy (Classical and Contemporary)
- (b) Philosophy of Religion and Comparative Religion
- (c) Analytic Philosophy
- (d) Social and political philosophy
- (e) Logic (Indian and Western)
- (f) Philosophy of Mind
- (g) Moral Philosophy
- (h) Existentialism and Phenomenology
- (i) Environmental Philosophy
- (j) Philosophy of Human Rights
- (k) Feminist philosophy
- (l) Applied ethics
- (m) Philosophy of Value
- (n) Philosophy of culture
- (o) Philosophy of science
- (p) Philosophy of Education
Activities
· ICPR Sponsored Lecture by Professor L. Harris, Purdue University 21-22 Feb., 2012
· Second Bhabananda Datta Memorial Lecture by Prof. Nilima Sharma, 3 Aug, 2012
· ICPR Sponsored National Seminar on Relevance of B. R. Ambedkar’s Ideas 8-10 Nov.2012
· Refresher Course on Contemporary Philosophy, 10 - 30 December2012
· ICPR Sponsored Workshop on Teaching of Philosophy in Colleges and Universities of Assam: Problems and Prospects, 29th April-1st May, 2013
· Third Bhabananda Datta Memorial Lecture by Minoti Barthakur, Rtd. Prof. Cotton College, 20th August, 2013
· ICPR Sponsored National Seminar on Neo-Vedantism of Radhakrishnan – An Appraisal, 12 – 14 March, 2015
· World Philosophy Day Lecture by Nilima Sharma, Rtd. Prof. G.U., 19 Nov, 2015
· ICPR Sponsored Lecture by Nirmalangshu Mukherjee, Delhi Univ. 17-18 March, 2016
· World Philosophy day Lecture by Raghunath Ghosh, NBU, 17 Nov., 2016
· ICPR Sponsored National seminar on Understanding Samkaradeva’s Thought – Philosophy, Faith and Literature, 5 -7 Jan, 2017
· Interactive Session with Prof. Ram Gopal of DRDO, Jaipur, 1 Nov. 2017
· World Philosophy Day Lecture by B. Agarwalla, NEHU, 10 Feb. 2018
· Interactive programme on Philosophy in India by Bhagat Oinam, JNU, 23 Feb, 2018
Department of Philosophy
Gauhati University, Guwahati 781014, Assam
Email : philosophy@gauhati.ac.in
Web : gauhati.ac.in/arts/philosophy
Mobile No.: 6003391819 (Office hours only).
Visit individual profiles for contact details of person concerned.
Publications
The Department publishes an Annual Peer-reviewed Research Journal GauhatiUniversity Journal of Philosophy (GUJP) bearing ISSN 2456-3285. Articles published in this Jornal are indexed in The Philosopher's Index, USA, and Indian Citation Index.
Of Knowledge, Freedom and Reason: Essays in Honour of Dilip Kumar Chakravarty.
Ed. Sauravpran Goswami, Publication Cell, department of Philosophy, Gauhati University, 2010
Dimensions of Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Nilima Sharma.
Ed. Sauravpran Goswami, Publication Cell, department of Philosophy, Gauhati University, 2010
Gauhati University Journal of Philosophy (GUJP)
(Since 1993)
ISSN 2456-3285; RNI No. ASSENG/2017/75792
Articles published here are indexed in The Philosopher's Index (USA) and Indian Citation Index (ICI)
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GUJP Vol. 4: imagetemp/file/GUJP%204%202019.pdf
GUJP Vol. 3: imagetemp/GUJP 2018.pdf
GUJP Vol. 2: imagetemp/GUJP 2017.pdf
GUJP Vol. 1: imagetemp/GUJP 2016.pdf
General Guidelines to Authors:
Original articles on any branch of philosophy, review of recently published philosophy books, short notes on any philosophical issue, comments and discussions on articles published in earlier issues of GUJP may be submitted (in two copies, one in MS Word and one in PDF) for publication by authors of all categories – teachers, researchers, students and professionals belonging to any discipline. The same is to be emailed to editorgujp@gmail.com. There is no word-limit as such, but unnecessary/redundant elaborations and repetitions must be avoided.
An Abstract of not more than two hundred words should be submitted along with articles. It also should include a few key words related to the paper.
The author shall take sufficient care to avoid spelling and grammatical errors.
The author has to attach a self-certification to the effect that the write-up has not been published /not sent for publication anywhere else.
Name, address, designation, institutional affiliation, phone no. and email id of the author must be provided.
Non-English terms are to be written using diacritical marks wherever applicable. The same are to be italicized.
Italics, not bold types, should be used to show emphasis.
Citations/references are to be given using MLA style (please see the style sheet). Authors shall take enough care to provide detail and exact information of source texts.
Notes, if any, are to be given at the end of the paper using serial numbers (1,2,3…) for which there should be corresponding super-scripted numbers in the appropriate place in the body of the text.
The articles will go through a double peer-review and a plagiarism check for selection.
The author would be informed about acceptance or otherwise of their paper in due course of time.
All concern students of the department of Philosophy are requested to go through this webpage for forthcoming notices of the department.
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