\nNav ya-Nyaya is an offshoot of the Nyaya system which was originally intended to be a comprehensive phil osophy having an ontology of its own. The logical apparatus and the analysis of language developed b y the Nyaya system were originally devised to lend support to this ontology. But the Nyaya technique s of drawing conclusions from given premises and t he Nyaya way of analyzing language were borrowed b y the other systems of Indian philosophy. This sug gests that the Nyaya system has a formal core whic h is relatively, if not absolutely, independent of its ontological commitments and can be applied to entirely different contexts.\n
\n < p>\nThis conference is homage to Bimal Krishna Mat ilal who was one of the few thinkers who devoted m ajor part of his philosophical career to initiatin g meaningful dialogues between the philosophical t raditions of the East and the West.\nThe main obje ctive of his studying an ancient Indian system suc h as Navya-Nyaya was to explain its significance a nd relevance to modern discussions in the area cal led "philosophical logic". Issues in philosophical logic like those of ontological commitments, exis tence and truth are also addressed by Navya-Nyaya. This opens up the possibility of an interface bet ween the approaches and conclusions of the differe nt traditions.\n \n \n \n\n For more information, see\n http://philosophy-ju.org/news&
announce/\n or contact Prof Dr Mihir Ch
akraborty at\n mihirc99 at vsnl.com.\n
\n The Programm e Committee cordially invites all researchers\n to submit their\n papers for presentat ion.\n Submission deadline is 31 August 200 6.\n
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