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National Institute of Science Education and Research
AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTE UNDER DAE, GOVT. OF INDIA
 

Sanjit Chakraborty

Assistant Professor
 
 

sanjitchakrabortyniser.ac.in
+91-674-2494000 (2000)

Ph.D. in Philosophy: Awarded, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, 2017. 

Title of the thesis: Mind and World: Beyond the Externalism/Internalism Debate.

M.Phil. in Philosophy: First Class with Distinction, Central University of Hyderabad, 2012.

Title of the dissertation: Meaning and Mind: A Critical Analysis of Semantic Externalism.

Philosophy of Science, Artificial Intelligence vs. Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Biology, and Number Theory. 

Awards & Scholarships:

  • My Ph.D. research proposal was awarded the Model Project Proposal for Junior Research Fellowship (26/03/2016) by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi.
  • Awarded Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi (2013-2015). 
  • Awarded the UGC Postgraduate Merit Scholarship for University Rank Holder, University Grants Commission, New Delhi (2008-2010).
  • Awarded University Rank Holder for BA (Philosophy), Rabindra Bharati University (27/08/2008).

Forthcoming Books under the NISER affiliation (June 2026 onwards): 

 

  • On Numbers: Seeing through Philosophy and Mathematics, co-editing with Prof. Kalyan Chakraborty, HRI (Springer Nature, forthcoming 2026)

 

  • New Horizons in the Study of Philosophy of Biology and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, ed. Sanjit Chakraborty (Springer Nature, forthcoming 2026)

Books Published:

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews of my books: 

  • My companion, A Companion to Hilary Putnam (Wiley 2026) has been reviewed and greatly endorsed by Professor Crispin Wright (New York University) and Professor Charles Travis (King's College London). https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/shop/general-philosophy/a-companion-to-hilary-putnam-p-9781394297108#reviews-section 
  • My book Engaging Putnam (De Gruyter 2022) has been reviewed and greatly endorsed by Professor Noam Chomsky (MIT) and Professor John Perry (Stanford University) (https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110769210/html?lang=en).
  • My book The Labyrinth of Mind and World: Beyond Internalism-Externalism (Routledge, 2020) has been reviewed by Professor Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge) in the Philosophical Quarterly, Oxford University Press, Vol. 71, Issue 4, 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqaa088).
  • My book, The Labyrinth of Mind and World: Beyond Internalism-Externalism (Routledge, 2020) has been reviewed by Professor Anand Vaidya (San Jose State University), Sophia, Springer, Vol. 60, No. 1, 2021, pp. 233-235. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-020-00815-3).
  • Professor Sanford Goldberg (Northwestern University) has greatly endorsed my book The Labyrinth of Mind and World: Beyond Internalism-Externalism (Routledge, 2020).
  • My book Understanding Meaning and World: A Relook on Semantic Externalism (Cambridge Scholars, 2016) has been reviewed by Professor Maximilian De Gaynesford (University of Reading), Professor Maria Baghramian (University College Dublin), and Emeriti Professor Yemima Ben-Menachem (Hebrew University).

Published articles under the NISER affiliation (June 2026 onwards):

  • ‘Philosophical Foundation of Quantum Mechanics: Revisiting an Enduring Revolution,' co-authored with Sudip Bhattacharyya (TIFR, Mumbai), Theoria, Wiley, 31st July 2026, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/theo.70107, Scopus Journal.
  • ‘Primacy of Moral: An Individual in Moral Periphery,’ co-author Jane Narveson, Interdisciplinary Studies in Applied Ethics, University of Toronto Press, upcoming. 

Published articles: 

  • ‘Meta-ethical Outlook on Animal Behaviours,’ Argumenta, Journal of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA), Issue 21, November 2025, 175-191, https://www.argumenta.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Argumenta-11-1-Full-Issue-21.pdf, Scopus Journal. 
  • ‘The Rift of Animal Rights: Revisiting Ancient Greek Philosophy towards Modern Stances,’ International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Philosophy Documentation Center, Vol. 38, Issue 2, 2024, 269-281, https://doi.org/10.5840/ijap202592213, ISSN 0739-098X, Scopus Journal.
  • ‘Pursuits of Belief: Reflecting on the Cessation of Belief,’ Sophia, Springer, Vol. 60, No. 3, September 2021, 639-654, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11841-021-00882-0, ISSN: 1873-930X, Scopus Journal.
  • ‘Spinning Solitude: Coronavirus and the Philosopher,’ Sophia, Springer, Vol. 60, No. 3, 28th July 2021, 769-774, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11841-021-00859-z, ISSN: 1873-930X, Scopus Journal.
  • ‘Scientific Conjectures and the Growth of Knowledge,’ Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Springer, Vol. 38, No. 1, January 2021, 83-101, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40961-021-00231-z, ISSN: 2363-9962, Scopus Journal.
  • ‘Atheisms: Plural Contexts of Being Godless,’ co-authored with Anway Mukhopadhyay, Sophia, Springer, Vol. 60, No. 3, September 2021, 497-514, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11841-021-00878-w, ISSN: 1873-930X, Scopus Journal.
  • ‘The Fact/Value Dichotomy: Revisiting Putnam and Habermas,’ Philosophia, Springer, Vol. 47, 2019, 369-386, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11406-018-9977-6, ISSN-0048-3893, Scopus Journal.
  • ‘The Prospect of ‘Hope’ in Kant’s Philosophy,’ Politeia, Philosophy Documentation Center, Vol 1, No. 3, Summer 2019, 111-122, https://doi.org/10.5840/politeia20191324, ISSN 2653-9055.
  • ‘Remnants of Words in Indian Grammar,’ APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers, Vol. 18, No. 1, Fall 2018, 37-41, https://www.apaonline.org/news/423750/The-fall-2018-APA-Newsletters-are-now-available.htm, ISSN: 2155-9708.
  • ‘Can Humanoid Robots be Moral?’ Ethics in Science, Environment, and Politics, Vol. 18, September 2018. 49-60, https://www.int-res.com/articles/esep2018/18/e018p049.pdf , ISBN-1611-8014, Scopus journal.
  • ‘Hilary Putnam: An Era of Philosophy Has Ended,’ Philosophia, Springer, Vol. 45, Issue 1, 1-6, March 2017. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11406-016-9760-5, Scopus Journal.
  • ‘Language Acquisition: Seeing through Wittgenstein,’ Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 2-3, 113-126, 2018, ISSN: 0376-415X.
  • “Animal Rights – 'One-of-Us-ness': From the Greek Philosophy towards a Modern Stance,” Philosophy International Journal, Medwin Publishers, USA, Vol. 1, Issue 2, September 2018, 1-8, DOI: 10.23880/phij-16000107, ISBN: 2641-9130. 
  • ‘Arbitrary Power: A Moral Failure of Humanity,’ Nuances International Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018, 15-28, ISSN: 2359-0943.
  • ‘Wittgenstein and Husserl: Context Meaning Theory,’ Gauhati University Journal of Philosophy, Gauhati University, Vol. 1. No. 1, 2016, 101-112, ISSN-2456-3285.
  • ‘Feminism: Confronting a Contradiction,' Intellectual Quest, Vol. 7, June 2017, 32-41, ISSN: 2349-1949.
  • ‘Moral Education: Morality versus Hegemony,' International Journal for Applied Ethics, University of Delhi, Vol. 6, 2017-18, 53-65, ISSN: 2321-2497.
  • ‘The Idea of A Priori Thinking Revisited,’ Philosophia e-journal for Philosophy and Culture, University of Sofia, September 17, 2017, 70-100, ISSN: 1314-5606.
  • ‘Saranagoto,’ Darshan Biksha, Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 24. No. 2. 2014-2015, 111-122, ISSN-09756833.
  • ‘Epistemic semblance in Metaphysics,' Philosophical Readings, Vol: XIV. No. 3. Jan 2023, 125-129. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7455558, ISSN-2036-4989, Scopus Journal.
  • ‘Quine’s Meaning Nihilism: Revisiting Naturalism and Confirmation Method,' Philosophical Readings, IX. 3, 2017, 222-229, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1067304, ISSN-2036-4989, Scopus Journal.
  • ‘Does Epistemic Naturalism vindicate Semantic Externalism?’- An Episto-semantical Review,' Ravenshaw Journal of Philosophy, Ravenshaw University, Vol 3, December 2017, 27-37, ISSN- 2395-3209.
  • ‘Critical Thinking: An Approach that Synthesizes Analytic Philosophy,’ Indian Philosophical Quarterly, University of Pune, Vol. 44, No. 1, December 2017, 67-78, ISSN: 0376-415X. 
  • ‘Buddhist ‘Theory of Meaning’ (Apoha vāda) as Negative Meaning,’ NEHU Journal, North Eastern Hill University, Vol. XV, No. 2, 2017, 67-79, ISSN- 0972-8406.
  • ‘Revisiting the Notion of “Analysis” on the Bedrock of Analytic Philosophy,’ Philosophy and Progress, University of Dhaka, Vols. LVII-LVIII, January-June, July-December, 2015, 119-131, ISSN-1607-2278.
  • ‘In the Shadow of Death: Beyond Heidegger’s Subjectivity,’ Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2013-2014, 61-71, ISSN-0975-6833. 
  • ‘Knowing the Natural Kind Term: Internalism vs. Externalism,’ Philosophy Pathways, E-Journal, London, Issue No. 177, 2012, ISSN- 2043-0728. 
  •  ‘The Diversity of Sense: An Appreciation of Frege’s Theory of Sense,’ Indian Journal of Analytic Philosophy, Utkal University, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2011, 79-96, ISSN-09762337.

Chapters in Edited Books:

  • ‘Denying Functionalism: Hilary Putnam’s Later Projects on Artificial Intelligence,' in A Blackwell Companion to Hilary Putnam, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming 2026.
  • ‘Evolving Artificial Intelligence: Primacy of Darwinism over AI,' in New Horizons in the Study of Philosophy of Biology and Interdisciplinary Perspectives: Revisiting Michael Ruse, ed., Sanjit Chakraborty, Springer Nature, forthcoming 2026.
  • ‘Human Minds and Cultures: An Introduction,’ in Human Minds and Cultures, ed., Sanjit Chakraborty, Springer Nature, 2024, 1-18, ISBN: 978-3-031-56447-5. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56448-2_1
  • ‘Recurring Dilemmas on Other Minds,’ in Human Minds and Cultures, Sanjit Chakraborty, Springer Nature, 2024, 175-188, ISBN: 978-3-031-56447-5. DOI:   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56448-2_10
  • ‘Introduction to the Volume,’ in Engaging Putnam, eds. James Conant and Sanjit Chakraborty, Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022, 47-61, ISBN: 978-3-11-076916-6, https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110769210-002/html 
  • “Language, Meaning, and Context Sensitivity: Confronting a ‘Moving Target,’" in Engaging Putnam, eds. James Conant and Sanjit Chakraborty, Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022, 89-106, ISBN: 978-3-11-076916-6, https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110769210-004/html 
  • ‘Amartya Sen,’ in Encyclopedia on Business and Professional Ethics, eds. Deborah Poff and Alex Michalos, Cham: Springer Nature, 2023, 1624-1629, ISBN-10: 3030227650, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_1019-1.
  • ‘Moral Simpliciter of Ethical Giving,’ in Encyclopedia on Business and Professional Ethics, eds. Deborah Poff and Alex Michalos, Cham: Springer Nature, 2023, 1380-1385, ISBN-10:3030227650, https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_1309-1 
  • ‘Immanuel Kant,’ co-author S. Misra, in Encyclopedia on Business and Professional Ethics, eds. Deborah Poff and Alex Michalos, Cham: Springer Nature, 1200-1206, ISBN-10: 3030227650, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_814-1.
  • Darshana,’ in Keywords for India, eds. Rukmani Vyasa Nair and Peter deSouza, London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020, 33-35, ISBN-9781350039230.
  • ‘Guru,’ Keywords for India, eds. Rukmani Vyasa Nair and Peter deSouza, London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020, 39-40, ISBN-9781350039230.
  • ‘Putnam’s Internal Realism: A Linguistic Sketch of World,’ in Language, Mind, and Reality, ed. Ranjan Kumar Panda, Boca Raton, Florida: Brown Walker Press, 2016, 179-188, ISBN-1-62734-567-1.
  • ‘Revisiting Apoha Vāda: Seeing Through the Perspectives of Exclusion and Opposition,’ in Buddhist Applied Philosophy: 21st–Century Response, Vol. 2, ed. L. Uday Kumar, New Delhi: Prestige Books International, 2016, 66-75, ISBN-978-93-82186-88-5.
  • ‘Understanding Moral Values: Subjective or Objective,’ in Morality, Objectivity, and Defeasibility, ed. Ram Chandra Majhi, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company (p) Ltd., 93-103, 2017, ISBN-9789386682109.

 

Dedicated scholars interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or Postdoctoral research in the following areas are encouraged to contact me:

  • Evolving Artificial Intelligence: Primacy of Darwinism over AI
  • Philosophical Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
  • On Numbers: Realism vs. Anti-realism
  • Socio-Biological Evolution of Moral Values
  • Animal Behaviors vs. Ethical Accounts 
  • Semantics and Linguistics
  • Philosophy of Hilary Putnam 

  1. Member of the Research and Development Committee, NISER (DAE) 
  2. PGCS Convenor of SHSS, NISER (DAE)

  • Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Institute of Science Education and Research (DAE), 29th May onwards—Topics: yet to be offered 
  • Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Vellore Institute of Technology—AP University, 4th May 2022 – 22nd May 2026. Topics: Applications of Moral Philosophy; Critical Thinking and Formal Logic; Language, Mind, and World: Scientific Spectrums; Analytical Philosophy
  • Teaching Faculty at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, January 2020–April 2022, Topics: Introduction to Philosophy Philosophy of Science   
  • Visiting Faculty in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management Indore, 2019 – January 2020, Topic: Mind and Language   
  • Guest Faculty in the Department of Philosophy, Central University of Hyderabad, January 2019 – May 2019, Topics: Topics in Ethics; Ethics

Editor and Membership:

  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Philosophy Documentation Center, ISSN 2153-6910.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, Taylor and Francis, ISSN: 1362-3079.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Academic Ethics, Springer Nature, ISSN: 1572-8544. 
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Scholarly Publishing, the University of Toronto Press, ISSN: 1198-9742.
  • Editorial Board Member, Interdisciplinary Studies in Applied Ethics, University of Toronto Press.
  • Editorial Board Member Politeia, Philosophy Documentation Center, ISSN: 2653-9047.
  • Guest Editor and Reviewer of Sophia, Springer Nature, ISSN: 1873-930X.
  • Member of the British Wittgenstein Society, UK
  • Lifetime member of the Richard Rorty Society, USA.
  • Lifetime member of the Society for Study of the History of Analytical Philosophy.
  • Lifetime member of the International Society for Philosophers, UK.
  • Lifetime member of the Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi.
  • Survey Member, The World University Ranking 2019-2024, The Times Higher Education, Elsevier.
  • Member of the Book Reviewers of Routledge Research Philosophy Series, Routledge, New York.
  • Member of the Book Reviewers of Palgrave Philosophy Series, Palgrave, New York.
  • Member of the Book Reviewers of World Scientific Publishing, Singapore.
  • Member of the Book Reviewers of Wiley-Blackwell, London.