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Prof. Aquil Ahmad
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An AMU alumnus, University medalist, Junior Research Fellow (2001-2003) of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi done his doctorate on Postmodernist-Pragmatist American Philosopher; Richard Rorty in 2009. He joined Karim City College, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) as Lecturer of Philosophy in 2003. His areas of interest are Contemporary Western Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Hermeneutics. Developed a 3-Credit MOOC titled 'Modern Western Philosophy' for SWAYAM Platform, offered by Aligarh Muslim University (INI) in July-2025 Semester (Link of the Course): https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/e-learning/preview/ini25_hs33 He has participated in many seminars, conferences, workshops and published research papers in research journals. He also rendered his service as Program Officer of the College NSS unit, (2008-2014). He was also associated with Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Ranchi (State Resource Centre of National Literacy Mission, Govt. of India) as a board member of Executive Committee (2013-2015). He is a member of the Editorial Board of The Discourse; a quarterly research journal of humanities and social sciences. He has joined his Alma mater the Aligarh Muslim University as Assistant Professor in December, 2014.

  1. Book Chapter

    Gandhi and Environmental Ethics in Ethics in Application (ISBN 978-9384782-88-7) Co-edited by Kakoli Basak & Sanjay Kumar, Published by Disha International Publishing House, Delhi, 2017

  2. Journal Article

    Debunking Analytical Legacy: Rortyan Perspective in International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research (ISSN 2277-7881) Vol-10, Issue-1(6) January 2021

  3. Journal Article

    Rorty on Post-Philosophical Literary Culture in the Research Journal Power of Knowledge (ISSN 2320-4494) Vol-I, January 2018

  4. Journal Article

    Problem of Suffering in Sufi Perspective: An Overview in Spring Issue of The Achievers Journal (ISSN 2454-2296) Vol-3, Issue-1, January-March, 2017

  5. Journal Article

    Harmony of Religions, Swami Vivekananda Standpoint in Special Issue of Abhisaran (ISSN 2229-4856) Vol-XIV, April 2016

  6. Journal Article

    Reviving Pragmatism; Rorty’s Approach in The Discourse, (ISSN 2278-0920) Vol-3, Issue-3&4, July-Dec, 2014.

  7. Journal Article

    The Queer Pragmatism of Richard Rorty: An Analysis in Journal of Research and Scholarship (ISSN 2394-0263) No.1-2, Year 2014-15

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MA-4th Sem: PYM-4002, Hermeneutics, Schleiermacher
28/03/2020
MA-2nd Sem, PYM-2012, Philosophy of Religion, Proofs for the Existence of God
27/03/2020
BA 2nd Sem: PYB 251, Modern Western Philosophy; Spinoza
26/03/2020
MA-4th Sem: PYM-4002, Hermeneutics: Dilthey
30/03/2020
BA 2nd Sem: PYB 251, Modern Western Philosophy; Leibniz
01/04/2020
MA-4th Sem: PYM-4002, Hermeneutics, Dilthey: Hermeneutic Circle
03/04/2020
MA-2nd Sem, PYM-2012, Philosophy of Religion: Nature of Religious Language
07/04/2020
BA 2nd Sem: PYB 251, Modern Western Philosophy; John Locke
07/04/2020
MA-4th Sem: PYM-4002, Hermeneutics, Nietzsche: Perspective on Truth
13/04/2020
MA-2nd Sem, PYM-2012, Philosophy of Religion, Interpretation of Religious Text..
14/04/2020
BA 2nd Sem: PYB 251, Modern Western Philosophy; Berkeley..
16/04/2020
MA-4th Sem: PYM-4002, Hermeneutics, Gadamer...
20/04/2020
MA-2nd Sem, PYM-2012, Philosophy of Religion, Rudolf Otto: Idea of the Holy
21/04/2020
BA 2nd Sem: PYB 251, Modern Western Philosophy; David Hume
23/04/2020
MA-4th Sem: PYM-4002, Hermeneutics, Hirsch
01/05/2020
MA-2nd Sem, PYM-2012, Philosophy of Religion, Durkheim...
05/05/2020
BA 3rd Sem, PYB-351, Indian Philosophy; Philosophy of the Vedas
24/08/2020
MA-3rd Sem, PYM-3013, Contemporary Political Thought; What is Pol. Philo?
24/08/2020
MA-3rd Sem, PYM-3013, Contemporary Political Thought; Theories of Democracy
31/08/2020