- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustration
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Pandits and Professors
- 2 Rabindranath Tagore, “Nationalism in India” (1917)
- 3 Aurobindo Ghosh, “The Renaissance in India” (1918)
- 4 A. K. Coomaraswamy, “Indian Nationality” (1909)
- 5 Lajpat Rai, “Reform or Revival?” (1904)
- 6 Bhagavan Das, “The Meaning of Swaraj or Self-Government” (1921)
- 7 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “Svaraj in Ideas” (1928)
- 1 A. K. Coomaraswamy, “Art and Swadeshi” (1910)
- 2 Aurobindo Ghosh, “The Future Poetry” (1917–1918)
- 3 Rabindranath Tagore, “Pathway to Mukti” (1925)
- 4 B. K. Sarkar, “Viewpoints in Aesthetics” (1922)
- 5 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “The Concept of Rasa” (1930)
- 6 M. Hiriyanna, “Indian Aesthetics 2,” “Art Experience 2” (1951)
- 7 Art Experience 2
- 8 An Indian in Paris
- 1 R. D. Ranade, “The Problem of Ultimate Reality in the Upanishads” (1926)
- 2 Vivekananda, Jñāna Yoga (1915)
- 3 A. C. Mukerji, “Absolute Consciousness” (1938)
- 4 Ras Bihari Das, “The Falsity of the World” (1940)
- 5 S. S. Suryanarayana Sastri, “Advaita, Causality and Human Freedom” (1940)
- 6 A. C. Mukerji, “Śaṅkara’s Theory of Consciousness” (1937)
- 7 V. S. Iyer, Śaṅkara’s Philosophy (1955)
- 8 P. T. Raju, “Scepticism and Its Place in Śaṅkara’s Philosophy” (1937)
- 9 Bringing Brahman Down to Earth
- 1 The Plato of Allahabad
- 2 A. C. Mukerji, “The Realist’s Conception of Idealism” (1927)
- 3 Hiralal Haldar, “Realistic Idealism” (1930)
- 4 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “The Concept of Philosophy” (1936)
- 5 M. Hiriyanna, “The Problem of Truth” (1930)
- 6 G. R. Malkani, “Philosophical Truth” (1949)
- 7 A. C. Mukerji, “Traditional Epistemology” (1950)
- 1 Symposium
- A Bibliography of Significant Work in Indian Philosophy from the Colonial Period and the Immediate Postindependence Period
- Index
A. C. Mukerji, “Śaṅkara’s Theory of Consciousness” (1937)
A. C. Mukerji, “Śaṅkara’s Theory of Consciousness” (1937)
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- (p.393) 6 A. C. Mukerji, “Śaṅkara’s Theory of Consciousness” (1937)
- Source:
- Indian Philosophy in English
- Author(s):
Nalini Bhushan
Jay L. Garfield
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter presents Anukul Chandra Mukerji's 1937 essay, “Śankara's Theory of Consciousness,” in which he defends Śankara's account of consciousness as an exposition of Advaita Vedānta. Mukerji was a scholar of Western and Indian philosophy and specialized in epistemology, with a special interest in idealism and the problem of self-knowledge. He published two books during his life, The Nature of Self (1933) and Self Thought and Reality (1938). In his essay, Mukerji expounds on Śankara's commentary on the Praśnopanisad and his classification of the principal theories of consciousness, each of which had its enthusiastic exponents in the history of Indian speculation.
Keywords: consciousness, Anukul Chandra Mukerji, Śankara, Advaita Vedānta, Western philosophy, Indian philosophy, Praśnopanisad
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustration
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Pandits and Professors
- 2 Rabindranath Tagore, “Nationalism in India” (1917)
- 3 Aurobindo Ghosh, “The Renaissance in India” (1918)
- 4 A. K. Coomaraswamy, “Indian Nationality” (1909)
- 5 Lajpat Rai, “Reform or Revival?” (1904)
- 6 Bhagavan Das, “The Meaning of Swaraj or Self-Government” (1921)
- 7 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “Svaraj in Ideas” (1928)
- 1 A. K. Coomaraswamy, “Art and Swadeshi” (1910)
- 2 Aurobindo Ghosh, “The Future Poetry” (1917–1918)
- 3 Rabindranath Tagore, “Pathway to Mukti” (1925)
- 4 B. K. Sarkar, “Viewpoints in Aesthetics” (1922)
- 5 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “The Concept of Rasa” (1930)
- 6 M. Hiriyanna, “Indian Aesthetics 2,” “Art Experience 2” (1951)
- 7 Art Experience 2
- 8 An Indian in Paris
- 1 R. D. Ranade, “The Problem of Ultimate Reality in the Upanishads” (1926)
- 2 Vivekananda, Jñāna Yoga (1915)
- 3 A. C. Mukerji, “Absolute Consciousness” (1938)
- 4 Ras Bihari Das, “The Falsity of the World” (1940)
- 5 S. S. Suryanarayana Sastri, “Advaita, Causality and Human Freedom” (1940)
- 6 A. C. Mukerji, “Śaṅkara’s Theory of Consciousness” (1937)
- 7 V. S. Iyer, Śaṅkara’s Philosophy (1955)
- 8 P. T. Raju, “Scepticism and Its Place in Śaṅkara’s Philosophy” (1937)
- 9 Bringing Brahman Down to Earth
- 1 The Plato of Allahabad
- 2 A. C. Mukerji, “The Realist’s Conception of Idealism” (1927)
- 3 Hiralal Haldar, “Realistic Idealism” (1930)
- 4 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “The Concept of Philosophy” (1936)
- 5 M. Hiriyanna, “The Problem of Truth” (1930)
- 6 G. R. Malkani, “Philosophical Truth” (1949)
- 7 A. C. Mukerji, “Traditional Epistemology” (1950)
- 1 Symposium
- A Bibliography of Significant Work in Indian Philosophy from the Colonial Period and the Immediate Postindependence Period
- Index