http://pucir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/241 Assistant Professor, College Veng, Aizawl Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:27:57 GMT 2026-04-29T09:27:57Z http://pucir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/465 Title: Lokāyata Authors: Naik, Kailashkanta Abstract: Formal educational curriculum as practiced in schools in India, is oriented towards making the children as a knowledgeable person (Eapen, 2007). As Bull suggests, the school education is designed in such a way that ultimately helps the kids to realize one or the other principles of education - personal liberty, democracy, equality of opportunity and economic growth (Bull, 2008). There is hardly any attempt to impart elements of spirituality to the children in a formal setup. In this paper we highlight the importance of spiritual education essentially from the Indian perspective and corroborated from the current literature from the western perspective. Through this engagement, we like to argue that spiritual education needs to be imparted through formal education system Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://pucir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/465 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z http://pucir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/463 Title: First Person Authority and the Problem of Other Minds Authors: Naik, Kailashkanta Abstract: In recent times Donald Davidson has extensively discussed the concept of ‘special authority’ regarding one's mental states. He takes up different topics of the philosophy of mind and interprets them from a new standpoint. This paper is the outcome how the understanding of first person authority enables us to understand the problem related to other minds. In this regard I have explained how first person authority is guaranteed by explaining how a belief statement expressed by two individual will have the same truth value. If this is proven to be true then the first individual expressing his belief statement will be said to have authority. Though proving the belief statement of the first individual by taking up of the same statement by another individual and proving it to be true is not as simple as that. However, the paper gives a detail account as to how it is possible and then explains the problem related to other minds. The paper sums up by taking up the Principle of Charity where the speaker’s belief is considered to be true and the interpreter believes that the speaker is a rational being who knows what he speaks and if he knows what he speaks, he knows what belief he holds to be true. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://pucir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/463 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z