Anand Jayprakash Vaidya
Biographic Data
| ID | 1314065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anand Jayprakash Vaidya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anand Jayprakash |
| FAMILY NAME | Vaidya |
| SIGNATURE | VAIDYA A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Jose State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0529-8876 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rāmānuja’s cosmopsychist-panentheistic solution to the hard problem of consciousness
Recent decades have seen a renewal of interest in panpsychism as a solution to the hard problem of consciousness. This has, in part, also driven an increase in interest in classical Indian philosophical traditions among analytic philosophers of mind. Many of these cross-cultural studies pertaining to panpsychism (and cosmopsychism) have focused on one particularly influential school of Indian philosophy, Advaita (non-dual) Vedānta, the most famou…
The In(significance) of Sentience
The Epistemology of Modality
How can we come to know, be justified in believing, or understand, that something is necessary, possible, contingent, essential, or accidental? This is the central question in the epistemology of modality. After some short remarks on the importance of this question for philosophy and for our everyday life, this chapter briefly summarizes Kripke's seminal contribution to the field, discusses two different skeptical challenges in the epistemology o…
Can machines have emotions
Conceivability, possibility and essence
In this paper, I examine two connected strands of the 4th Set of Objections and Replies to Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy . On the one hand, I look at Arnauld's defence of the view that real distinction proofs require adequate knowledge and Descartes' view that they only require complete understanding. On the other hand, I engage Arnauld's famous right‐angled triangle, T , and Pythagorean property, P , counterexample to Descartes that…
Absence and the A Priori
Logical Pluralism and Paradoxical Assertions in the Philosophy of Religion
Many authors show how useful logic can be as a tool for building theories that can account for problems in the philosophy of religion, such as paradoxical assertions. As a consequence, one's philosophy of logic is crucial as well, since it determines which logics, from the set of available and constructible logics, one can use to build a theory. In this paper, we present the relatively recent debate between logical pluralism and monism because th…
A Critical Notice on the Moral Grounding Question in David Chalmers’ Reality
Epistemology of Modality and Philosophical Methodology
"This book collects original essays on the epistemology of modality and related issues in modal metaphysics and philosophical methodology. The contributors utilize both the newer "metaphysics-first" and the more traditional "epistemology-first" approaches to these issues. The chapters on modal epistemology mostly focus on the problem of how we can gain knowledge of possibilities, which have never been actualized, or necessities which are not prov…
Theorizing Law, Social Movements, and State Formation in India
With the rise of Hindu nationalist statecraft under the Modi regime, India finds itself at a perilous conjuncture that compels a critical rethinking of the political economy of the world's largest democracy. In this article, we propose a conceptual framework for doing so, centered on a Gramscian rethinking of the relationship among law, social movements, and state formation in the longue durée of Indian democracy. Working across three hegemonic t…
Is the Self Really that Kind of Illusion
Karsten Struhl has offered an intriguing account of what kind of illusion the self is. His account is based on Buddhist philosophy, neuropsychology, and neuroscience. This critical notice examines his arguments, and aims to question whether or not the self is the kind of illusion Struhl argues it to be
Perceptual, Reflective, and Speculative Doubt
In this paper I present the distinction between perceptual, reflective, and speculative doubt by engaging with the work of (mostly) early naiyāyikas. I argue that the definition of the causes of doubt offered by Gautama Akṣapāda in the Nyāya-Sūtra, and commented upon by later naiyāyikas leads to a distinction between perceptual and reflective doubt, but not to a notion of speculative doubt. I then move on to critically assess J.N. Mohanty’s compa…
Multi-Factor Causal Disjunctivism
The epistemology of modality and the problem of modal epistemic friction
There are three theories in the epistemology of modality that have received sustained attention over the past 20 years (1998–2018): conceivability-theory, counterfactual-theory, and deduction-theory. In this paper we argue that all three face what we call the problem of modal epistemic friction (PMEF). One consequence of the problem is that for any of the three accounts to yield modal knowledge , the account must provide an epistemology of essenc…
A New Debate on Consciousness
Essence, Explanation, and Modality
Recently, Kit Fine's (1994) view that modal truths are true in virtue of , grounded in , or explained by essentialist truths has been under attack. In what follows we offer two responses to the wave of criticism against his view. While the first response is pretty straightforward, the second is based on the distinction between, what we call, Reductive Finean Essentialism and Non-Reductive Finean Essentialism . Engaging the work of Bob Hale on Non…
Mapping the World's Largest Democracy (1947-2017)
After seven decades as an independent democratic nation, India's social landscape remains marred by persistent contradictions and inequalities. As the country moves from celebrating 70 years of independence towards its seventeenth general election in 2019, this article sets out to survey what democracy has done to India over the past 70 years. How was Indian democracy established and how has it evolved? Why do people vote, and who do they vote fo…
Landscapes of Accumulation
Reviewed by: Landscapes of Accumulation: Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India by Llerena Guiu Searle Anand Vaidya Llerena Guiu Searle, Landscapes of Accumulation: Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. 304 pp. I read Llerena Guiu Searle's Landscapes of Accumulation: Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India in a series of citi…
Modal Knowledge
Does Critical Thinking and Logic Education Have a Western Bias? The Case of the Nyāya School of Classical Indian Philosophy
Journal Article Does Critical Thinking and Logic Education Have a Western Bias? The Case of the Nyāya School of Classical Indian Philosophy Get access Anand Jayprakash Vaidya Anand Jayprakash Vaidya Correspondence: Anand Jayprakash Vaidya, San Jose State University, Department of Philosophy. 1 Washington Square, San Jose, California, USA. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal…
The epistemology of modality and the problem of modal epistemic friction
There are three theories in the epistemology of modality that have received sustained attention over the past 20 years (1998–2018): conceivability-theory, counterfactual-theory, and deduction-theory. In this paper we argue that all three face what we call the problem of modal epistemic friction (PMEF). One consequence of the problem is that for any of the three accounts to yield modal knowledge , the account must provide an epistemology of essenc…
Mapping the World's Largest Democracy (1947-2017)
After seven decades as an independent democratic nation, India's social landscape remains marred by persistent contradictions and inequalities. As the country moves from celebrating 70 years of independence towards its seventeenth general election in 2019, this article sets out to survey what democracy has done to India over the past 70 years. How was Indian democracy established and how has it evolved? Why do people vote, and who do they vote fo…
Does Critical Thinking and Logic Education Have a Western Bias? The Case of the Nyāya School of Classical Indian Philosophy
Journal Article Does Critical Thinking and Logic Education Have a Western Bias? The Case of the Nyāya School of Classical Indian Philosophy Get access Anand Jayprakash Vaidya Anand Jayprakash Vaidya Correspondence: Anand Jayprakash Vaidya, San Jose State University, Department of Philosophy. 1 Washington Square, San Jose, California, USA. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal…
Does Critical Thinking and Logic Education Have a Western Bias? The Case of the Nyāya School of Classical Indian Philosophy
Journal Article Does Critical Thinking and Logic Education Have a Western Bias? The Case of the Nyāya School of Classical Indian Philosophy Get access Anand Jayprakash Vaidya Anand Jayprakash Vaidya Correspondence: Anand Jayprakash Vaidya, San Jose State University, Department of Philosophy. 1 Washington Square, San Jose, California, USA. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal…
Modal Knowledge
Mapping the World's Largest Democracy (1947-2017)
After seven decades as an independent democratic nation, India's social landscape remains marred by persistent contradictions and inequalities. As the country moves from celebrating 70 years of independence towards its seventeenth general election in 2019, this article sets out to survey what democracy has done to India over the past 70 years. How was Indian democracy established and how has it evolved? Why do people vote, and who do they vote fo…
Landscapes of Accumulation
Reviewed by: Landscapes of Accumulation: Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India by Llerena Guiu Searle Anand Vaidya Llerena Guiu Searle, Landscapes of Accumulation: Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. 304 pp. I read Llerena Guiu Searle's Landscapes of Accumulation: Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India in a series of citi…
A New Debate on Consciousness
Essence, Explanation, and Modality
Recently, Kit Fine's (1994) view that modal truths are true in virtue of , grounded in , or explained by essentialist truths has been under attack. In what follows we offer two responses to the wave of criticism against his view. While the first response is pretty straightforward, the second is based on the distinction between, what we call, Reductive Finean Essentialism and Non-Reductive Finean Essentialism . Engaging the work of Bob Hale on Non…
Is the Self Really that Kind of Illusion
Karsten Struhl has offered an intriguing account of what kind of illusion the self is. His account is based on Buddhist philosophy, neuropsychology, and neuroscience. This critical notice examines his arguments, and aims to question whether or not the self is the kind of illusion Struhl argues it to be
Perceptual, Reflective, and Speculative Doubt
In this paper I present the distinction between perceptual, reflective, and speculative doubt by engaging with the work of (mostly) early naiyāyikas. I argue that the definition of the causes of doubt offered by Gautama Akṣapāda in the Nyāya-Sūtra, and commented upon by later naiyāyikas leads to a distinction between perceptual and reflective doubt, but not to a notion of speculative doubt. I then move on to critically assess J.N. Mohanty’s compa…
Multi-Factor Causal Disjunctivism
The epistemology of modality and the problem of modal epistemic friction
There are three theories in the epistemology of modality that have received sustained attention over the past 20 years (1998–2018): conceivability-theory, counterfactual-theory, and deduction-theory. In this paper we argue that all three face what we call the problem of modal epistemic friction (PMEF). One consequence of the problem is that for any of the three accounts to yield modal knowledge , the account must provide an epistemology of essenc…
Theorizing Law, Social Movements, and State Formation in India
With the rise of Hindu nationalist statecraft under the Modi regime, India finds itself at a perilous conjuncture that compels a critical rethinking of the political economy of the world's largest democracy. In this article, we propose a conceptual framework for doing so, centered on a Gramscian rethinking of the relationship among law, social movements, and state formation in the longue durée of Indian democracy. Working across three hegemonic t…
A Critical Notice on the Moral Grounding Question in David Chalmers’ Reality
Epistemology of Modality and Philosophical Methodology
"This book collects original essays on the epistemology of modality and related issues in modal metaphysics and philosophical methodology. The contributors utilize both the newer "metaphysics-first" and the more traditional "epistemology-first" approaches to these issues. The chapters on modal epistemology mostly focus on the problem of how we can gain knowledge of possibilities, which have never been actualized, or necessities which are not prov…
Absence and the A Priori
Logical Pluralism and Paradoxical Assertions in the Philosophy of Religion
Many authors show how useful logic can be as a tool for building theories that can account for problems in the philosophy of religion, such as paradoxical assertions. As a consequence, one's philosophy of logic is crucial as well, since it determines which logics, from the set of available and constructible logics, one can use to build a theory. In this paper, we present the relatively recent debate between logical pluralism and monism because th…
The Epistemology of Modality
How can we come to know, be justified in believing, or understand, that something is necessary, possible, contingent, essential, or accidental? This is the central question in the epistemology of modality. After some short remarks on the importance of this question for philosophy and for our everyday life, this chapter briefly summarizes Kripke's seminal contribution to the field, discusses two different skeptical challenges in the epistemology o…
Can machines have emotions
Conceivability, possibility and essence
In this paper, I examine two connected strands of the 4th Set of Objections and Replies to Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy . On the one hand, I look at Arnauld's defence of the view that real distinction proofs require adequate knowledge and Descartes' view that they only require complete understanding. On the other hand, I engage Arnauld's famous right‐angled triangle, T , and Pythagorean property, P , counterexample to Descartes that…
Rāmānuja’s cosmopsychist-panentheistic solution to the hard problem of consciousness
Recent decades have seen a renewal of interest in panpsychism as a solution to the hard problem of consciousness. This has, in part, also driven an increase in interest in classical Indian philosophical traditions among analytic philosophers of mind. Many of these cross-cultural studies pertaining to panpsychism (and cosmopsychism) have focused on one particularly influential school of Indian philosophy, Advaita (non-dual) Vedānta, the most famou…
The In(significance) of Sentience
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