Daya Krishna (1924–2007) was an Indian

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. He was Pro Vice Chancellor of

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and editor of the Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research for over three decades. He has published works in the fields of

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and

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. His doctoral thesis published as ''The Nature of Philosophy'' is said to have been acclaimed by the British philosopher,

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, as an outstanding work. His work explores the possibility of looking at Indian traditions through resources drawn from Indian concepts and categories. He has attempted to bring about "a dialogue between traditional Pundits, thinking and writing in Sanskrit, and scholars who “do” Indian philosophy in English".

Important works

* ''Contrary Thinking: Selected Essays of Daya Krishna'' (2011) * ''Prolegomena to Any Future: Historiography of Cultures & Civilizations'' (1997) * ''Bhakti, a contemporary discussion: philosophical explorations in the Indian Bhakti tradition'' (Ed with Mukunda Lāṭha, Francine Ellison) (2000) * ''Developments in Indian philosophy from Eighteenth century onwards: Classical and Western'' (2002) * ''Indian Philosophy: a counter perspective'' (2006) * ''The Problematic and Conceptual Structure of Classical Indian Thought About Man, Society and Polity'' (1996) * ''The Art of the Conceptual: Explorations in a Conceptual Maze Over Three Decades'' (1989) * ''The Nature of Philosophy'' (1955)

References

External links

* * Eliot Deutsch
A Memorial Tribute to Daya Krishna

Daya Krishna - The Open Library
1924 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Indian philosophers Philosophers of art {{India-philosopher-stub