The three important turns in philosophy in the twentieth century: linguistic (Wittgenstein), hermeneutical (Heidegger, Gadamer) and cognitive (Fodor, Churchland, Dennett).The interrelation among the above three turns and the significance of cognitive turn in philosophy is discussed in recent debates both in Indian and Western philosophical traditions. Thus consciousness reemerged as one of the problems of scientific (A.K. Mukhopadhyay, B.V. Sreekantan, Rajesh Kasturirangan) as well as philosophical community (R. Balasubramanian, Bina Gupta). Four types of responses to consciousness: D-I-M-E (Deflation, Irreducibility, Magic and Eliminativism).

• Dr. S. Panneerselvam(Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Madras)