Department of Faculty of Philosophy

Faculty Details

Dr. Attumkal Mathew, CMI

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mattumkal@dvk.in

Dean : Faculty of Philosophy

 

Name (Official)

MATHEW

CHERIAN

Date and Place of Birth

18/12/1976

Yendayar

Address

Dharmaram College, Bangalore 560 029, India

E-mail

mattumkal@dvk.in

Specialization

Greek and Indian Philosophy

Doctoral Dissertation

The Doctrine of Periagoghe in Plato and Upanishads

Present Status

Associate Professor

Director, CSWR

Degree

Specialization

University

Year

Ph.D.

Philosophy

Gregorian University, Rome

2014

L.Ph.

Philosophy

Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram

2002

B.Th.

Theology

St. Joseph Seminary affiliated to Urbanian University, Rome

2006

PG/MA

Philosophy

Madurai Kamaraj University

2006

PG/MA

Eng. Literature

Madras University, India

2004

UG/BA

Eng. Literature

Madras University, India

2002

B.Ph.

Philosophy

Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore

2000

Diploma

Ancient Greek

Cork University, Ireland

2010

Office/Job

University/Institute

Year

Lecturer

Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore

2007

Assistant Professor

Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore

2014

Associate Professor

Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore

2020

Lecturer

Darsana Institute of Philosophy, Wardha

2015-

Lecturer

De Paul Institute, Bangalore, India

2016-

Lecturer

Krist Jayanti College, Bangalore, India

2017-

Lecturer

Vidya Deep College, Bangalore, India

2020-

Director

Licentiate Programme, DVK, Bangalore

2017

Director

Centre for the Study of World Religions

2016

La Dottrina Della Periagoghe in Platone E Nelle Upanisad (Italian) La Dottrina della Periagoghe in Platone e nelle Upanishad, Mancini Publication, Rome, June 2019. (Italian)

  1. “Terrorism: A New Mode of Dehumanizing People,” Journal of Dharma, 32/1 (2007), 73-84.
  2. Gnothi Sauton,”JeevaDarshana, 3/2 (December 2016), 34-62.
  3. Alla Zétesi Della Vera Realtà: Il Motto Precipuo Del Filosofo Platonico-Upaniṣādico, La Riunione dei Filosofi, 2013, Rome, (166-191).

  1. Paper on “Secularism, State and Interfaith Dialogue,” in Christ university, Bangalore, 24-25 September 2019.
  2. Seminar on Ramanujacharya, by ICPR, Osmania University, 21-24(December) 2018.
  3. Paper on “Subramania Bharathi: The National Poet, Prose-writer, Social Revolutionary and Feminist,” ICPR, Sri Vishnu Mohan Foundation, 20 November2018.
  4. Paper on Śrī Rāmānujācārya’s vision of समन्वय, CSWR Annual Conference, DVK, 05 December 2018.
  5. A Spiritual Discourse on “TranscendingViolence”, Seminar organized by CSWR,DVK, 07 August 2019.
  6. Paper on “Communal Harmony: Christian Perspective,” during the Anuvrat samiti of Terapanth Dharam Sangh at Bangalore Terapanth Headquarters, Kengeri, 26 September 2019.
  7. Paper on “Human’s future in the digital era,” at KIITS, Bhubaneswar, 26-31 December 2019.

  1.  In the Socratica III: A Conference on “Socrates, the Socratics and the Ancient Socratic Literature” held at the University of Trento, 23-25 February2012.
  2. In the International Conference on Plato’s Symposium, organized by the International Plato Society, at the University of Pisa, June 15-20,2013.
  3. In the Conference on “Liberal Economics and Philosophy,” at the Action University, Michigan, June 17-20,2014.
  4. In the Summer Conference on Liberalization and Philosophy, at the Acton University, Michigan, 19-22 June 2018.
  5. In the Seminar on “Ramanujacharya,” organized by ICPR, at the Osmania University, 21-24 December 2018.
  6. In the Post XLII ISSC Symposium on ‘Human Future in Digital Era’, along with Prof. M. P. Chaubey, at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISC Campus, Bengaluru, 05 August 2019.
  7. Organized a two day National Conference on ‘Secularism, State and Interfaith Dialogue’, in Christ University, Bangalore, 24-25 September 2019.
  8. Participated and presented a paper on “Peace and Reconciliation” during the conference conducted by ICPR at SVMF, Chennai, 4-6 January 2020.

Undergraduate

Ancient Western Philosophy

Epistemology

Logic

Medieval Philosophy

Metaphysics

Philosophical Aesthetics

Political Philosophy and Indian constitution

Postgraduate

One and Many in Eastern and Western Traditions
Plato, Aurobindo and Osho: Convergence and Divergence
Periagoghe: A novel epistemological map towards the Absolute

Indian Philosophical and Psychological systems

  1. Examiner of PhD thesis “To Be Human, to Be Relational: An Analysis of Aquinas and Wittgenstein for a Philosophical Anthropology,“byVinoy Payikkatu OP onFriday, 15 January 2016 in the PKM Auditorium, DVK Research Centre.
  2. Research Guide of Fr. Saji Thomas, Doctoral student, on the topic: Comparative Study of the Husserlian Intentional Self and the Levinasian Self as the One-For-The-Other the Ethical Implications.

  1. Greek Philosophy
  2. Indian philosophy
  3. Comparative Religious Studies
  4. Comparative Philosophical studies

Position

Association/Institute

Year

Member

International Plato Society, Rome

2014-

Member

Peoples Council of Education, Delhi

2016-

Member

Indian Social Science Congress, Delhi

2016-

Chief Rapporteur

XLIII Indian Social Science Congress, Bhubaneswar

2019

Editor

Book Review, Journal of Dharma, DVK

2018

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