Philosophers of Modern India/ D. P. Chattopadhyaya/ Knowledge Freedom and Language/ Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited/ Publication: 1989/ Number of Pages:321/
Knowledge Freedom and Language (An Interwoven Fabric of Man, Time and World)
Knowledge, Freedom and Language, written by D.P.Chattopadhyaya, is a collection of fifteen essays. All the essays attempt to explore the two major aspects of human behaviour, viz. 1. Language using animal and 2. Freedom-seeking animal. The essays present Chattopadhyaya’s views on the nature and role of language in human experience, while some other essays deal with several philosophical issues regarding freedom, determinism etc.
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- R.P. Pandey – “Kalidas Bhattacharyya and the Indian Concept of Man”
- K.J. Shah – “Religion – Sophisticated and Unsophisticated”
- Kalidas Bhattacharyya – My Reflections