Pujarini Das is currently pursuing her PhD (Topic: A Reflective Analysis of Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Self-Control) at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. She did her M.A. (Philosophy) and M. Phil (Topic: Nietzsche’s Concept of Will-to-Power: A Critical Study) at the Central University of Hyderabad, India. Her areas of interest are Philosophy of Action, Ethics, Metaphysics, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Buddhism, and Contemporary Indian and Western Thinkers. Das has actively participated and presented papers in several national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and summer schools. She has been award…
Pujarini Das is currently pursuing her PhD (Topic: A Reflective Analysis of Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Self-Control) at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. She did her M.A. (Philosophy) and M. Phil (Topic: Nietzsche’s Concept of Will-to-Power: A Critical Study) at the Central University of Hyderabad, India. Her areas of interest are Philosophy of Action, Ethics, Metaphysics, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Buddhism, and Contemporary Indian and Western Thinkers. Das has actively participated and presented papers in several national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and summer schools. She has been awarded overseas travel grants for participation in academic events at the University of Padua, Italy; National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel; Peking University, China; International Academy of Philosophy, Liechtenstein; University of Düsseldorf, Germany; Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland. She was awarded the Swami Pranavananda Philosophy Essay Award (Topic: The Relevance of Philosophy for the 21st Century), received the achiever award from the Central University of Hyderabad, India, and achieved College Topper in Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the Bhadrak Autonomous College, Odisha. Her works have been published in the Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (JICPR), Springer India, namely: (1) Freedom of the Will and No-Self in Buddhism, and (2) A Critique of Alfred R Mele’s Work on Autonomous Agents: From Self-Control to Autonomy. She has published some Odia poems in the Ameodia Magazine, Kendrapara, Odisha (Link: http://www.ameodia.com/odiaauthor/pujarini-das/).
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