Bimal Krishna Matilal
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Bimal Krishna Matilal was a renowned Indian philosopher and scholar of Indian logic and ethics who played a major role in bringing classical Indian philosophical traditions into dialogue with contemporary Western philosophy.
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| Bimal Krishna Matilal canonical | 1 |
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Indian philosopher
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ethicist ⓘ logician ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Daniel Ingalls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
analytic philosophy
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comparative philosophy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1935-06-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-06-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Oxford
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University of Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Matilal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indian logic
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Indian philosophy ⓘ Sanskrit studies ⓘ ethics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Bimal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
Buddhist logic
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Mīmāṃsā NERFINISHED ⓘ Navya-Nyāya NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyāya ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary comparative ethics
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scholarship on Indian logic in the West ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bringing classical Indian philosophy into dialogue with contemporary Western philosophy
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scholarship on Navya-Nyāya logic ⓘ work on Indian ethics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Bengali
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English ⓘ Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Bimal Krishna Matilal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
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Logic, Language and Reality: Indian Philosophy and Contemporary Issues
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Moral Dilemmas in the Mahābhārata NERFINISHED ⓘ Perception: An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of Knowledge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Navya-Nyāya Doctrine of Negation NERFINISHED ⓘ The Word and the World: India’s Contribution to the Study of Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
India
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Joynagar Majilpur NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Oxford
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Oxford
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Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford
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