Dr. Pathak, Krishna Mani

About

Krishna Pathak (PhD, Heidelberg) is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hindu College, University of Delhi, India. He has worked as lecturer at Heidelberg University, Germany and as Visiting Professor at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Mauritius. He is an active member of the American Philosophical Association and is currently serving as member of its Committee for International Cooperation for a three years term. He is also on the editorial board of the Acorn Journal, USA. He is a founding life member of the Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical Society (LWPS) of India. His publications cover a range of topics from theoretical to comparative philosophy to applied philosophy. His recent publications include "Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism: Mapping the Philosophical Discourse of the East and the West" (Springer, 2021) and chapters/papers in the series of Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, Springer’s Schopenhauer on Self, World and Morality, Sage Open, Journal of Human Values, Tulsi Prajñā, Asia Journal of Global Studies, International Journal of Applied Ethics and WCP proceedings. He has also been external assessor for grant applications of SSHRC, Canada and article editor for Sage Publications.

Employment

• Hindu College, University of Delhi Associate Professor
  2020 - Present
• Mahatma Gandhi Institute International Faculty (Visiting Professor)
  2017 - 2017
• Hindu College, University of Delhi Assistant Professor
  2011 - 2022
• University of Delhi Dy. Dean Students Welfare
  2011 - 2013
• University of Delhi Managing Committee Member
  2011 - 2013
• University of Delhi Adhoc Lecturer
  2007 - 2007

Education

• Heidelberg University Dr.phil (PhD)
  2007 - 2010
• University of Delhi MPhil
  2003 - 2006
• University of Delhi MA
  1998 - 2001

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (19)

• The Question of Moral Defensibility: Is It or Is It Not?
  Journal of Human Values 2026 DOI: 10.1177/09716858261446243
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• The Hindu Philosophy of Fearlessness and Gandhi’s Political Success
  Journal of Dharma Studies 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s42240-025-00220-4
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• Kalidas Bhattacharyya. New Perspectives in Indian Philosophy [Ed. Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty]. X + 435 pp., index. The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata, 2023. ₹ 600.00 (paperback)
  Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s40961-024-00342-3
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• Preface
  Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism: Mapping the Philosophical Discourse of the East and the West 2022
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• The Cosmic World, the Mystical Mind and the Vedic Concept of Origination
  Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism: Mapping the Philosophical Discourse of the East and the West 2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-3223-5_13
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• Philosophical Thinking: An Introduction
  Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism: Mapping the Philosophical Discourse of the East and the West 2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-3223-5_15
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• Concluding Questions
  Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism: Mapping the Philosophical Discourse of the East and the West 2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-3223-5_14
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• The Cosmic World, the Mystical Mind and the Vedic Concept of Origination
  Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism 2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-3223-5_13
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• Philosophical Thinking: An Introduction
  Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism 2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-3223-5_15
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• Concluding Questions
  Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism 2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-3223-5_14
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