Bimal Krishna Matilal

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_Calcutta
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Fellow_of_the_British_Academy
gptkb:Padma_Bhushan
gptkbp:birthDate 1935-06-01
gptkbp:birthPlace Jaynagar Majilpur, West Bengal, India
gptkbp:deathDate 1991-06-08
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:W._D._Ross
gptkb:P._T._Raju
gptkbp:editor Journal of Indian Philosophy
gptkbp:field gptkb:Upanishads
gptkb:logic
gptkb:philosophy
analytic philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bimal Krishna Matilal
gptkbp:influenced Jonardon Ganeri
Arindam Chakrabarti
Philosophers of Indian logic
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Dignāga
gptkb:Gangesha
gptkb:W._D._Ross
gptkb:Dharmakīrti
gptkb:P._T._Raju
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gptkb:Sanskrit
English
gptkbp:mainInterest gptkb:Upanishads
gptkb:Epistemology
gptkb:Philosophy_of_language
gptkb:Navya-Nyāya
Comparative philosophy
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:notableWork Perception: An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of Knowledge
Epistemology, Logic, and Grammar in Indian Philosophical Analysis
The Word and the World: India's Contribution to the Study of Language
The Navya-Nyāya Doctrine of Negation
Logic, Language and Reality: Indian Philosophy and Contemporary Issues
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic
gptkb:philosopher
author
gptkbp:position Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics, University of Oxford
gptkbp:spouse Ishani Matilal
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gptkb:Motilal_Banarsidass
gptkb:The_World_as_Appearance
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