Md Shahidul Islam Leave
Md Shahidul Islam Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy

PROFILE

RESEARCH INTEREST

Wittgenstein, Nāgārjuna, The Power and Limits of Logic, Philosophy of Religious Language,  Philosophy of Philosophy

JOURNAL PAPER

Md Shahidul Islam, Wittgenstein and Religious Disagreements, Journal of Philosophy (Calcutta University), XIV,

(accepted for publication)

Md Shahidul Islam, A Wittgensteinian Analysis of Religious Language [in Bengali], Copula (Jahangirnagar University), pp.37-57, June 2018.
Md Shahidul Islam, Logic and Argumentation, Copula (Jahangirnagar University), pp.33-40, June 2016.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Md Shahidul Islam, Śūnyatā and Catuṣkoṭi in the light of Sarvadṛṣṭiprahāṇāya, 3rd World Congress on Logic and Religion, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India, November 4-8, 2022.
Md Shahidul Islam, Wittgenstein and the Problem of Free Will,

14th Nalanda Dialogue on the topic of Causality in Philosophy and Modern Science organized by the Department of Philosophy held from 16th to 19th January, 2020 at  Nava Nalanda Mahabihara (Deemed University), Nalanda, Bihar, India

Md Shahidul Islam, Nagarjuna's Catuskoti and Modern Logic, 19th Annual Conference organized by the Indian Society for Buddhist Studies, Prachya Vidyapeeth, Shajapur, Madhyapradesh, India, October 11-13, 2019.

BOOK CHAPTER

Md Shahidul Islam, Intercultural Debates and Deep Disagreements: A Wittgensteinian Approach, 2020.

Wittgensteinian Realms of Religious Beliefs, Values and Metaphysics. Ed: Pandey, K. C. Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical Society Publication Series: 2. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Occam Academic Press. 2020.


SEMINAR

Md Shahidul Islam, Corona Sufferings and Buddhist Philosophy,

International Webinar organized by the Department of Philosophy, Government General Degree College Manbazar-II, West Bengal, India in association with the Indian Council of Philosophical Research held from 7th to 8th July, 2020.

Md Shahidul Islam, Positionlessness in Wittgenstein and Nagarjuna, UGC sponsored National seminar on "Buddha and Wittgenstein on Culture and Values" organized by the Centre for Mahayan Buddhist Studies of Acarya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India, Acarya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India, 14-16 March, 2019.

Teaching

Course Code Course Title Semester/Year
3rd Year Indian Philosophy 2010-2011
1st Year Introduction to Logic 2011-2012
2nd Year Symbolic Logic 2012-2013
4th Year Philosophy of Language 2015-2016
MA Critical Thinking and Practice 2017-2018
3rd Year Philosophical Logic 2018-2019
MA Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein 2019-2020

Academic Info

Institute: National University of Singapore
Period: 2022-

PhD Candidate

Institute: University of Amsterdam
Period: 2013-2015

MSc in Logic

Institute: Jahangirnagar University
Period: 2005-2006

MA in Philosophy

Institute: Jahangirnagar University
Period: 2001-2005

BA in Philosophy

Contact

Md Shahidul Islam

Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Email: shahidsumon@juniv.edu