Manoj Kumar Panda

Assistant Professor

Ph.D (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2015)

Thesis Title- "Experience, Thought and the Space of Reason: A Study of Mind in the World"

M.Phil in Philosophy (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2010)

Dissertation Title- "The Mind-World Relationship: A Study of the Nature of Perceptual Content"

MA in Philosophy (Utkal University, Bhubaneswar,Odisha, 2006)

Special Paper- Political Philosophy

BA in Philosophy (Dina Krushna College, Fakir Mohan University, Balesore, 2004)

My research interests include philosophy of mind and western epistemology. I am primarily interested in exploring the relationship between mind and world. Presently i am specifically working on epistemology of perception (nonconceptual and conceptual content), phenomenal consciousness and the relationship between reason and nature.   

My teaching interests include Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Philosophy of Perception, Consciousness, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Language, Analytic Philosophy and Modern Western Philosophy.

Currently I am teaching Western Epistemology(PG), Western Metaphysics (PG), Theories of Truth(PG), Phenomenology and Existentialism(PG), Linguistic Turn(PG), Representational Mind and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence(PG), Problems of Consciousness (PG), Philosophy of Mind(UG), Theories of Consciousness (UG), Trends in 20th Century Philosophy (UG), Man and Machine (UG- MDC).

Previous Teaching Experience

Guest Faculty: Kirorimal College, University of Delhi. From 28th January, 2015 to 22 April, 2015. (B.A. Programme: Propositional and Predicate Logic, and Philosophical Debates)

Teaching Assistant: Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2010-2012. (undergraduate Course on Logic and Philosophy of Language)

Four students are presently pursuing their doctoral research under my supervision. The broader areas of their research are self, consciousness, problem of other mind and truth. 

Apart from dorctoral supervision, many post graduate students have written their dissertation under my supervision. 

Lifetime member of All Odisha Philosophical Association

Publication in PEER-REVIEWED Journals

Panda, Manoj Kumar. "Placing Mind in the Natural World: In Search of an Alternative Naturalism," Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Volume 41, Issue 2, May 2024. Springer. 

Panda, Manoj Kumar. Phenomenology of Embodiment and Perception: The Debate on Perceptual Conceptualism. Cetana: A Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 3, Issue. 2 (Phenomenology of Human Body), June 2023, ISSN: 2583-0465. (published by Centre for Phenomenological Studies)

Panda, Manoj Kumar. 'I' in  'I Think/Know?Do': Revisiting Arguments for a Transcendental Notion of Self. Jadavpur Journal of Philosophy Vol. 30 No.1, 2021.

Panda, Manoj Kumar. Experience, Thought and External World: Davidson and McDowell. Indian Philosophical Quarterly. 46(3-4), 2019 (appeared in 2021)

Panda, Manoj Kumar. Experience, Knowledge and the Space of Reasons. Journal of Foundational Research 28, 2020.

Panda, Manoj Kumar. (2017/2019) Phenomenal and Representational Character of Conscious Experience. Sandhan: Journal of Centre for Studies in Civilization, XVII.

Panda, Manoj Kumar. Experience, Ethical Agency and Acting Ethically. Ravenshaw Journal of Philosophy, Vol. IV. 2018.

Panda, Manoj Kumar. Unboundedness of the Conceptual and External World. Ravenshaw Journal of Philosophy, Vol. III, 2017.

Panda, Manoj Kumar. “Concepts and Phenomenological given”, in Indian Journal of Analytic Philosophy, Volume VI Number , 2016.

Publication in Anthologies and Edited Volumes

Panda, Manoj Kumar. "Naturalism and Normativity in Moral Judgements and Moral Perception," in Moral Matters: Ethics and Human Behaviour, N. N. Chakraborty (ed.), The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, May, 2023. 

Panda, Manoj Kumar. “Gadamer, McDowell, and the Phenomenology of Understanding” in The Nature of Reality: Philosophical Discourses on Language, Religion and Culture, Jhadeswar Ghosh et al. (ed.) (Kolkata: Levant Book), 2020.

Panda, Manoj Kumar. “Nonconceptual Content of Perceptual Experience and the Possibility of Empirical Thought”, in The Limits of Thought and Beyond, Edited by Adarasupally Nataraju, Bloomsbury Publishing India, 2013.