Jitendra Nath Mohanty
Jitendra Nath Mohanty was an Indian philosopher. He served as emeritus professor of philosophy at Temple University.
Biography
Born in Cuttack, in 1928 in Orissa, India, Mohanty had a distinguished career where he stood first in all public examinations and in B.A. Presidency College, Kolkata and M.A. examination at the University of Calcutta. Subsequently, he did a Ph.D. from University of Göttingen in 1954. In his long academic career, he taught at the University of Burdwan, University of Calcutta, New School for Social Research, University of Oklahoma, Emory University, and Temple University and held visiting professorships at many renowned universities.Mohanty's area of expertise included both Western philosophy and Eastern philosophy. He wrote over twenty scholarly books and numerous journal articles on different areas of philosophy including epistemology, logic, and phenomenology. He wrote extensively on Immanuel Kant, founded Husserl Studies, and published a major book on the development of Edmund Husserl’s thought.
Mohanty was also a president of the Indian Philosophical Congress, the Society for Asian and Comparative philosophy. His other honours included 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.
Mohanty died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 7 March 2023, at the age of 95.