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'''Jitendra Nath Mohanty''' (also '''J. N. Mohanty''') is an emeritus professor of philosophy at [[Temple University]]. Born in [[Cuttack]], in 1928 in [[Orissa, India]], Professor Mohanty had a distinguished career where he stood first in all public examinations and in B.A. and M.A. examinations at the [[University of Calcutta]]. Subsequently, he did a Ph.D. from [[University of Göttingen]] in 1954. In his long academic career, he had taught at the [[University of Burdwan]], [[University of Calcutta]], [[New School for Social Research]], [[University of Oklahoma]], [[Emory University]], and [[Temple University]] and has held visiting professorships at many renowned universities.<br />
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Professor Mohanty's area of expertise includes both western (particularly German) philosophy and eastern philosophy (particularly [[Indian philosophy]]). He has written over twenty scholarly books and numerous journal articles on different areas of philosophy including epistemology, logic, and phenomenology. He has written extensively on [[Immanuel Kant]], founded ''Husserl Studies,'' and has published a major book on the development of [[Edmund Husserl]]’s thought.<ref>''The Philosophy of Edmund Husserl. A Historical Development'', Yale University Press 2008 and ''Edmund Husserl's Freiburg Years: 1916-1938'', Yale University Press 2011.</ref><br />
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Professor Mohanty has been a past-president of the Indian Philosophical Congress, the Society for Asian and Comparative philosophy. His other honours include a gold medal from the [[Asiatic Society]], Kolkata, and the [[Humboldt Prize]] from the German government in honor of his scholarly work. He received an honorary D.Litt. from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 2013 and an honorary doctorate from [[Ravenshaw University]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.caluniv.ac.in/convocation/hony_degrees.html|title = Recipients of Hony. Degrees|date = 28 November 2014|access-date = 20 January 2015|website = University of Calcutta, Annual Convocation|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2017/feb/26/governor-urges-students-to-be-trailblazers-1574913.html|title=Governor urges students to be trailblazers}}</ref><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
*''Lectures on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason'' by J. N. Mohanty (edited by Tara Chatterjea, Sandhya Basu, and Amita Chatterjee) (Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2014)<br />
*''Essays on Consciousness and Interpretation'' by J. N. Mohanty (edited with an Introduction by Tara Chatterjea) (Oxford University Press, 2009)<br />
* ''The Philosophy of Edmund Husserl: A Historical Development (Yale Studies in Hermeneutics)'' ([[Yale University Press]])<br />
* ''Between Two Worlds: East and West, an Autobiography'' (Oxford University Press, 2002)<br />
* ''Classical Indian Philosophy'' (Oxford University Press, 2002)<br />
* ''Explorations in Western Philosophy: Essays by J.N. Mohanty Volumes 1 and 2'' by J. N. Mohanty and (edited by Bina Gupta) (Oxford University Press, 2001)<br />
* ''The Self and its Other'' (Oxford University Press, 2000).<br />
* ''Logic, Truth, and the Modalities'' (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999).<br />
* ''Husserl and Frege (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)'' (Indiana University Press, 1982).<br />
* ''Edmund Husserl's Theory of Meaning'' (Springer, 1976).<br />
* ''The Concept of Intentionality'' (Warren H. Green, 1971).<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141106225149/http://www.cla.temple.edu/philosophy/faculty/jitendra-mohanty/ Mohanty's profile at Temple]<br />
*[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=42&storycode=189036 A dose of old-school Indian honesty]<br />
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