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Sangeetha Menon is an Associate Fellow at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, in Bangalore, India. She received her Ph.D in Philosophy from Kerala University in 1995, writing a dissertation entitled The Concept of Consciousness in the Bhagavad Gita--A Study, which she is currently preparing for publication. She has written and presented numerous papers, a monograph entitled Understanding the 'What' and 'Where' of Consciousness: Revisiting the Bhagavad Gita (Bangalore: National Institute of Advanced Studies 1999) and edited the volume Scientific and Philosophical Studies on Consciousness (Bangalore: National Institute of Advanced Studies 1999).
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Besides the major focus on metaphysical and epistemological theories, discussions on the nature of 'self,' its nature and scope, and, ways to self-exploration form the essential characteristic of Indian philosophical thinking. This presentation will look at the instances from Indian philosophy, Indian psychology and Indian dramaturgy in the context of recent discussions on 'consciousness' in order to postulate and examine:
The ongoing multidisciplinary discussions on 'consciousness' have caused a breakthrough in terms of redefining our standards for defining truth and causal mechanisms. This also has ensued both epistemological and experiential necessity to expand the scope of understanding a complex phenomenon like 'consciousness' and to recognise the importance of non-linear methods and primacy of subjective categories of thinking. This presentation, in this context, will also look at: