Anukul Chandra Mukerji | |
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| Born | 1888 India |
| Died | 2 May 1968 18 Tagore Town, Allahabad, UP, India |
| Occupation(s) | Academic Writer Teacher Philosopher |
| Known for | Philosophical writings |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Anukul Chandra Mukerji (1888–1968) was an Indian academic, thinker, writer and a professor of philosophy at Allahabad University. [1] He was known for his studies on the philosophy of European thinkers such as Immanuel Kant and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, psychologists like William James, John B. Watson, and James Ward as well as the Advaita Vedanta of Adi Shankara. He was the author two notable books, Self, Thought, and Reality and The Nature of Self, [2] [3] and several articles [4] and is known to have employed western methodology and language styles in his academic pursuit. [5] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1964, for his contributions to education and literature. [6]
References
- ^ Nalini Bhushan, Jay L. Garfield (July 2015). Ganeri, Jonardon (ed.). "Anukul Chandra Mukerji: The Modern Subject". The Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199314621.013.42. ISBN 978-0-19-931462-1.
- ^ A. C. Mukherjee (1933). Self, Thought, and Reality. Juvenile Press. p. 410. doi: 10.1017/S0031819100033350. S2CID 170737014.
- ^ A. C. Mukherjee (1938). The Nature of Self. The Indian Press. p. 359. doi: 10.1017/S0031819100036032. S2CID 170340053.
- ^ Bhushan, Nalini; Garfield, Jay L. (2016). Indian Philosophy in English: From Renaissance to Independence. ISBN 9780199773039. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ William Sweet, ed. (2012). Migrating Texts and Traditions. University of Ottawa Press. p. 364. ISBN 9780776620329.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
External links
- Nalini Bhushan, Jay L. Garfield (2015). Ganeri, Jonardon (ed.). "Anukul Chandra Mukerji". The Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199314621.013.42.
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