Ramesh Chandra Pradhan is a former Professor of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India where he taught philosophy since 1987. Before this he also taught philosophy at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar and Karnataka University, Dharwad. He was Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow at the University of Oxford during 1990-1991. His research interests include philosophy of Wittgenstein, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, and Metaphysics. He has published many papers and books in these areas. His recent publications include Mind, Meaning and World (Spinger 2019), Metaphysics of Consciousness (Springer 2020), The Early Philosophy of Daya Krishna (Spinger 2021), Metaphysical Idealism (CSP, Uk, 2024) and Ethics, Self and the World (Springer 2024).