Bimal Krishna Matilal lived from June 1, 1935, born in Calcutta in British India, to June 8, 1991, when he died in Oxford, and was a British Indian philosopher. He presented the Indian philosophical tradition, above all the Nyaya-Vaisesika, Mimamsa and Buddhist schools of logic, as a comprehensive system addressing most of the same issues taken up in Western philosophy, treating them not as historical artifacts but as a living, constructive program of continuing relevance. From 1977 until his death he held the Spalding Professorship of Eastern Religion and Ethics at Oxford University, received the Padma Bhushan in 1990, and founded the Journal of Indian Philosophy, establishing himself as a central figure in comparative philosophy and the study of Indian logic.
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was an Indian philosopher of the Contemporary era
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Bimal Krishna Matilal (1935-1991) was an Indian philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Analytic Philosophy and Indian Philosophy.
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Born 1 June 1935 Jaynagar Majilpur, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
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Died 8 June 1991 (aged 56) Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Career, Oxford chair
From 1977 to 1991, he served as the Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at the University of Oxford
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Born in Calcutta, he lived and worked in Calcutta, Harvard, Toronto and Oxford.
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Bimal Krishna Matilal (1 June 1935-8 June 1991) was an eminent philosopher whose writings presented the Indian philosophical tradition as a comprehensive system of logic incorporating most issues addressed by themes in Western philosophy.
In Group: Indian And Buddhist Logic, Lead
(1 June 1935-8 June 1991) was an eminent philosopher whose writings presented the Indian philosophical tradition as a comprehensive system of logic incorporating most issues addressed by themes in
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