Saam Trivedi
Professor
Philosophy
Location: 3308 Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.5311
Fax: 718.951.4675
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Saam Trivedi is the author of _Imagination, Music, and the Emotions: A Philosophical Study_ (State University of New York Press, 2017); articles in such journals as Metaphilosophy, Revue Internationale de Philosophie, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, British Journal of Aesthetics, Asian Philosophy; as well as book-chapters in edited volumes. His interests cut across philosophical aesthetics, Eastern philosophies, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind. It has been one of his life's great privileges to have studied Philosophy at universities in the US, England, and India.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park - 1999 (Philosophy)
B.A., University of Oxford (Balliol College) - 1993 (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics)
B.A. (with honors), University of Delhi (St. Stephen's College) - 1989 (Philosophy)
Areas of Expertise:
Saam Trivedi has interests in philosophical aesthetics, Eastern philosophies, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind. At Brooklyn College, he has taught: Philosophy of Art; Philosophy of Music; Philosophy of Literature and Film; Metaphysics; Ancient Philosophy; Modern Philosophy; Philosophy of Religion; Asian Philosophy; Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy; and Communication Ethics.
Books and Publications
"Other Cultures, Too," forthcoming in Darren Hudson Hick (ed.), _Case Studies in Aesthetics_. Bloomsbury Academic. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2023
"The Work of Jerrold Levinson," Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, 46 (2023): 1-2. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2023
"Music, aesthetics of", 2021, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-M030-3. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/music-aesthetics-of/v-3. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
"Imagining Sound as the Absolute," in Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard et al eds. The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Imagination, 17-30. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
Imagination, Music, and the Emotions: A Philosophical Study. (State University of New York Press, 2017.)
http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6455-imagination-music-and-the-emoti.aspx (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2017
"East Meets East: Jain Syadvada and Daoism", APANL on Asian Philosophies, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Fall 2016): 5-8. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Review of Sheldon Pollock (trans.) A Rasa Reader: Classical Indian Aesthetics (Columbia University Press, 2016). Journal of Asian Studies, pp. 6-8. doi: 10.1017/S0021911816001522. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2016
"Surplus, Authorial Intentions, and Hypothetical Intentionalism", College Literature, 42 (2015): 699-724. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Review of The Music Between Us, by Kathleen Higgins (University of Chicago Press, 2012). Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2014
"Evaluating Indian Aesthetics." ASANL 33.1, Spring: 1-4. http://aesthetics-online.org/newsletter/33.1.pdf. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2013
Review of Emotional Truth, by Ronald de Sousa (OUP, 2011). Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 70: 239-41. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012
Review of Musical Understandings, by Stephen Davies (OUP, 2011). Analysis. DOI: 10.1093/analys/ans097. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012
"Music and Imagination." The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music. Eds. Theodore Gracyk and Andrew Kania. New York: Routledge. 113-22. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011
"Music, Aesthetics of." Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward Craig. London: Routledge. http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/M030. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
"Resemblance Theories." The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music. Eds. Theodore Gracyk and Andrew Kania. New York: Routledge. 223-32. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011
Review of Philosophers on Music. Ed. Kathleen Stock. British Journal of Aesthetics 49: 91-93. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2009
"Metaphors and Musical Expressiveness." New Waves in Aesthetics. Eds. Kathleen Stock and Katherine Thomson-Jones. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 41-57. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2008
"Music and Metaphysics." Metaphilosophy 39: 124-43. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008
"Imagination, Music and the Emotions." Revue Internationale de Philosophie 60: 415-35. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006
"Idealism and Yogacara Buddhism." Asian Philosophy 15: 231-46. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005
"Artist-Audience Communication: Tolstoy Reclaimed." Journal of Aesthetic Education 38: 38-52. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2004
Review of Introduction to a Philosophy of Music, by Peter Kivy. Philosophical Quarterly 54: 199-202. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2004
Review of Philosophy, Music and Emotion, by Geoffrey Madell. Philosophical Quarterly 54: 199-202. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2004
"The Funerary Sadness of Mahler's Music." Imagination, Philosophy and the Arts. Eds. Matthew Kieran and Dominic Lopes. New York: Routledge. 259-71.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2003
Review of Themes in the Philosophy of Music, by Stephen Davies. Journal of Aesthetic Education 37: 108-12. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2003
"Against Musical Works as Eternal Types." British Journal of Aesthetics 42: 73-82. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2002
"An Epistemic Dilemma for Actual Intentionalism." British Journal of Aesthetics 41: 192-206. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001
"Expressiveness as a Property of the Music Itself." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 59: 411-20. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001
Review of Eighteenth Century British Aesthetics. Ed. Dabney Townsend. American Society for Aesthetics Newsletter 21: 4-5. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2001
Review of Music, Value and the Passions, by Aaron Ridley. Mind 109: 387-90. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2000
"The Emotions: Some Preliminaries." Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research 15: 87-95. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1998
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Award. (Awards and Honors) 2008
Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Fellowship for Outstanding Teaching, Brooklyn College, Fall. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Award. (Awards and Honors) 2007
PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Award. (Awards and Honors) 2006
Stewart Travel Award, Spring. (Awards and Honors) 2006
PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Award. (Awards and Honors) 2005
Freeman Foundation Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2003
Kahn Fellow, Smith College, for short-term project "Who is Buddha?" (Grants and Fellowships) 2003
Various conference grants at Bates, Simmons and Brooklyn colleges, 1999-present. (Grants and Fellowships) 1999
University of Maryland Center for Teaching Excellence Award. (Awards and Honors) 1998
University of Maryland Graduate School Fellowship, 1994-96. (Grants and Fellowships) 1994
Ernest Walker Philosophy Prize, Balliol College, Oxford. (Awards and Honors) 1992
Rhodes Scholarship, 1991-94. (Awards and Honors) 1991
Allnutt Memorial Scholarship for Philosophy, St. Stephen's College, Delhi. (Grants and Fellowships) 1990
K.S. Manvendrasinhji of Gondal Philosophy Prize, St. Stephen's College, Delhi. (Awards and Honors) 1989
Raja Sir Maharaj Singh Philosophy Prize, St. Stephen's College, Delhi. (Awards and Honors) 1989
Inlaks Foundation take-off grant to study musical composition in the United Kingdom at the Guildhall School of Music, London, and the Dartington College of Arts, Devon. (Grants and Fellowships) 1985
Research Activities
Book discussion of parts of _Imagination, Music, and the Emotions: A Philosophical Study_, Amherst College Philosophy of Music seminar, February 2018. 2018
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Author-meets-critics book session on _Imagination, Music, and the Emotions: A Philosophical Study_, American Society for Aesthetics, Eastern division meeting, Philadelphia, April 2019. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"Emotions and Music", Brooklyn Public Philosophers' "Philosophy in the Library" series, Brooklyn Public Library, October 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"On Satire", Bucknell University conference on comedy, April 2017.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2017
"Sonic Monism", Brooklyn College Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) chapter, March 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
Comment on Fictional Puzzles, 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, Savannah, Georgia, November 2015 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Comment on Assessing Nonstandard Emotions." American Philosophical Association Central Division. Chicago, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Comment on Intuitions and Musical Creationism." American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Division. Philadelphia, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Jeanette Bicknell on Song", American Society for Aesthetics, San Antonio, October 2014 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Music and the Emotions." Marist College. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
"Against Musical Arousalism." Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. Philadelphia, December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Artistic and Aesthetic Value." Purchase College. Purchase, N.Y., April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Musical and Depictive Expressiveness." Imagination, Expression and Depiction Workshop. University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
"Resemblance, Music and the Emotions." 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. Los Angeles, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"On Musical Understanding." 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. Milwaukee, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
"Artistic and Aesthetic Value." Eastern Division Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. Philadelphia, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
"Moore on Musical Representation and Musical Profundity." 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. Providence, R.I., October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005
"Eileen John on Literary Value." 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. Houston, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
"Idealism and Yogacara Buddhism." Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. Pasadena, Calif., March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004
"Davies, Pratt, Makkai on Artistic Value." 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. San Francisco, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2003
"Goodman and Wolterstorff on Musical Works." 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. Miami, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2002
"Zemach on Musical Meaning." Pacific Division Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. Pacific Grove, Calif., March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2002
"Artist-Audience Communication: Tolstoy Reclaimed." 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. Minneapolis, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2001
"Imagination and Musical Expressiveness." Conference on Imagination and the Arts. University of Leeds. United Kingdom, July. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2001
"Musical Expressiveness: Variations on a Theme." Pacific Division Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. Pacific Grove, Calif., March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2000
"An Epistemic Dilemma for Actual Intentionalism." 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics. Bloomington, Ind., November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1998
Professional Leadership
Member, Curriculum and Examinations Committee, CUNY Graduate Center Philosophy Program (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2022
Interim Chairperson, Brooklyn College Philosophy department, 2021-22 (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
Member, Selection Committee for the Excellence in Creative Achievement Award, Brooklyn College (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
Interim Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Brooklyn College, 2013-14. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2013
Member, Selection Committee for Excellence in Teaching Award, 2012-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Chair, Department Academic Integrity and Grade Grievance Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, Department Search Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, Presidential Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusiveness, 2011-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Chairman, Department Curriculum Committee, 2010-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Chairman, Department Honors and Awards Committee, 2009-10. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Department Appointments Committee, 2009-10. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Humanities Division Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2010-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Chairman, Faculty Council Committee on Honors, Citations and Awards. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Department Academic Integrity & Grade Grievance Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Department Outcomes Assessment Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, University Committee for Research and Awards on PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Grants, 2008-09. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Chairman, Department Curriculum Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Coordinator, Department Discussion Group. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Faculty Council Honors, Citations and Awards Committee, 2008-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Member, Asian Studies Task Force, 2008-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Member, Department Appointments Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Member, Department Retreat Planning Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Program co-chair, Eastern Division Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, Philadelphia. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Alternate member, Faculty Council, 2006-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Chairman, Faculty Council Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, 2006-07. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006
Delegate, Faculty Council, Spring. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Member, Grade Grievance Committee, 2006-07. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Program co-chair, Eastern Division Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, Philadelphia. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006
Core coordinator, 2005-07. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005
Member, Faculty Council Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, 2005-07. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005
Member, Search Committees, 2005 and 2006. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005
Faculty adviser to Philosophy Society, 2004-05. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Arrangements and Calendar Committee, 2004-06. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Curriculum Committee, 2004-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Smart Classrooms proposal, 2004-05. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Pedagogical Achievements
Developed a new course, Philosophy of Culture. 2008
Developed two new upper-tier core courses (Philosophical Issues in Literature; Classical Philosophies of India and China). 2005
Developed philosophy and the arts minor, and three new courses (Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Literature and Film, and Philosophy of Beauty). 2004
Other Professional Activities
Referee for Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 2023
Referee for _Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism_ 2020
Outside evaluator for Polity Press 2019
Evaluator for Oxford University Press 2017
Member, Program Committee for the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, Seattle, November 2016 2016
Referee for Avant 2016
Referee for Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 2016
Referee for Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 2015
Referee for Bloomsbury Academic Press 2014
Referee, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 2014
Member, Program Committee, 2012 Annual American Society for Aesthetics Meeting, St. Louis, October. 2012
Referee, British Journal of Aesthetics. 2012
Referee, Oxford University Press. 2011
Referee, Oxford University Press. 2010
Outside examiner, Bates College Honors Thesis. 2009
Referee, Philosophy East and West. 2009
Referee, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 2008
Referee, Philosophy East and West. 2008
Referee, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2008
Referee, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 2007
Referee, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2007
Referee, Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 2005
Referee, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 2005
Referee, Metaphilosophy. 2004
Referee, Blackwell Publishers. 2003
Referee, Johns Hopkins University Press. 2003
Referee, Longman Publishers. 2002
