Philosophers in Modern India/ B.K. Mallik / The Real and The Negative/ George Allen & Unwin Ltd./ Publication: 1939 /Number of pages: 540/
The Real and The Negative
The present book, authored by B.K.Mallik, is an attempt to present a theory of epistemology and an analysis of religious experience. In part I the author starts by explaining the significance of Cartesian doubt and then goes on to discuss issues like laws of thought, categories of being and becoming, theory of knowledge etc. In part II the author presents his analysis of different aspects of religion like the nature of religious experience, theory of divinity etc.
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