Nalini Bhushan Explained

Nalini Bhushan is an American philosopher and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Smith College.^[1] Her work is on the philosophy of chemistry and Indian philosophy, among other subjects.

Lee C. McIntyre described Bhushan's edited volume Of Minds and Molecules (2000), co-edited with her husband Stuart Rosenfeld, as an effort to provide a "synthesis" of the field to date.^[2] A review in Philosophy of Science stated that the essays collected in Of Minds and Molecules were "helping" philosophy of chemistry "to take its place in the world of ideas".^[3] Another reviewer noted, however, that a number of anthologies of papers in the field had previously been published, and thus that the book's claim to be the "first" such anthology was probably inaccurate.^[4]

Her monograph Minds without Fear: Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance (2017), co-authored with Jay L. Garfield, argues that Indian intellectual life during the British Raj was vibrant—contrary to the assumptions of many scholars.^{[5] [6]} Minds without Fear was the subject of several essays in a symposium in Sophia.^[7]

Selected bibliography

• Book: Of Minds and Molecules: New Philosophical Perspectives on Chemistry. 2000. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-535181-1. Bhushan. Nalini. Oxford. 352886903. Rosenfeld. Stuart M..
• Book: Bhushan. Nalini. Minds without Fear: Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance. Garfield. Jay L.. 2017-06-22. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-045759-4. en. 10.1093/oso/9780190457594.001.0001. Jay L. Garfield. subscription.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nalini Bhushan. 2020-08-28. Smith College. en.
2. McIntyre. Lee. Lee C. McIntyre. 2003. Review of Of Minds and Molecules: New Philosophical Perspectives on Chemistry. The Philosophical Review. 112. 1. 114. 10.1215/00318108-112-1-113. 0031-8108. 3595568.
3. Vollmer. S. H.. April 2000. The Philosophy of Chemistry Reformulating Itself: Nalini Bhushan and Stuart Rosenfeld's Of Minds and Molecules. Philosophy of Science. en. 70. 2. 383–390. 10.1086/375473. 170687225. 0031-8248.
4. Schummer. Joachim. 2003. Review of Of Minds and Molecules: New Philosophical Perspectives on Chemistry. The Philosophical Quarterly. 53. 211. 301–303. 0031-8094. 3542878.
5. Sen. Amiya P.. December 2018. Book Review: Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield, Minds Without Fear: Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance. Indian Historical Review. en. 45. 2. 300–302. 10.1177/0376983618804370. 151168423. 0376-9836.
6. Clarke. Evan. August 2018. Review of Minds Without Fear. Philosophy in Review. 38. 3. 92–94.
7. Web site: Sophia volume 58, issue 1. 2020-08-28. Springer. en.