Indian Philosophy: Past and FutureS. S. Rama Rao Pappu, R. Puligandla The main aim of this book is to enquire about the traditions, goals and future of Indian philosophy. The contributors are Indian scholars teaching in the universities in India itself and also in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United states. Seven of the contributors concern themselves primarily, though not exclusively, with the tradition of Indian philosophy; seven others deal with the modern approach to the Indian tradition and six contributors look at the future of Indian philosophy. |
Contents
In Search of Indian Philosophy | 36 |
The Western and the Indian Philosophical Traditions | 61 |
The Question of Indianness of Indian Philosophy | 101 |
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