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{{Infobox philosopher<br />
|name = Akeel Bilgrami<br />
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|2|28|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = India<br />
|alma_mater = [[University of Mumbai]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br />[[University of Oxford]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br />[[University of Chicago]] {{small|([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}}<br />
|era = [[Contemporary philosophy]]<br />
|region = [[Western philosophy]]<br />
|school_tradition = [[Analytic philosophy]]<br />
|main_interests = [[Philosophy of the mind]], [[Philosophy of language]], [[Secularism]]<br />
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'''Akeel Bilgrami''' (born 28 February 1950) is an Indian [[philosopher]] of language and mind. He has been in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University since 1985 after spending two years as an Assistant Professor at the [[University of Michigan]], Ann Arbor.<br />
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Bilgrami is a [[secularist]] and an [[atheist]] who advocates an understanding of the community-oriented dimension of religion.<ref>Bilgrami, Akeel. [http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/08inter.htm "What Osama is demanding is on the lips of almost every ordinary Muslim"] ''Redif India Abroad'', 8 February 2007</ref> For Bilgrami, spiritual yearnings are not only understandable but also supremely human. He has argued in many essays that in our modern world, "religion is not primarily a matter of belief and doctrine but about the sense of community and shared values it provides in contexts where other forms of solidarity—such as a strong labor movement—are missing."<ref>Bilgrami, Akeel. [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/11/bilgrami061108.html "Gandhi, Newton, and the Enlightenment:Akeel Bilgrami Conjures a World Re-enchanted"] ''Columbia News'', 8 November 2006</ref> He has been on the Humanities jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] from 2012, serving as Jury Chair from 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Infosys Prize - Jury 2020|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/jury/jury-2020.asp#Humanities|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com}}</ref><br />
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==Selected publications==<br />
* ''Belief and Meaning'' (Blackwell, 1992)<br />
* ''Self-Knowledge and Resentment'' (Harvard University Press, 2006)<br />
* ''Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment'' (Harvard University Press, 2014)<br />
* ''Politics and The Moral Psychology of Identity'' (Harvard University Press, forthcoming)<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100605154532/http://cgt.columbia.edu/about/committee/bilgrami_akeel/ Member Profile, Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University]<br />
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philosophy/fac-bios/bilgrami/faculty.html Columbia University Faculty Page]<br />
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