Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya
Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya (1875-1949)
A King George V Professor of Philosophy in the University of Calcutta in the 1930s, Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya (1875-1949) addressed one of the central questions of Hindu philosophy, which is how mind, life or consciousness creates an apparently material universe. His answer was that the question itself is illegitimate, because it is asked from a position anchored in māyā.
His foundational critique of George Thibaut's historicism and blind philological approach to Vedānta in 1901 opens a new era of contemporary philosophy in India.
His collected works are back in print from Delhi:
Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya, Studies in Philosophy, Edited by Gopinath Bhattacharyya, Third Revised and Enlarged Edition, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2008. Pp. xlvi+731. ISBN 978-81-208-2972-5
