The Nature of Philosophy

Contents: Preface. Introduction/Mrinal Miri. Looking back/Daya Krishna. I. Presuppositions and implications: 1. Introduction. 2. Presuppositions and implications. II. Examinations and clarifications: 3. Logic and reality. 4. Knowledge -- science and philosophy. 5. Reality and value. 6. Truth, beauty and goodness. III. Discussions: 7. Philosophy as analysis -- G.E. Moore and others. 8. A.N. Whitehead. 9. Philosophy as phenomenology: Edmund Husserl and others. 10. Philosophy as history. 11. Existentialism. IV. The nature of philosophy: 12. What, then, is philosophy? Select bibliography. Index.

"The book is a critical examination of the presuppositions of the philosophical enterprise; it considers with admirable clarity and critical acumen diverse styles and genres of philosophical reflection: analysis, phenomenology, existentialism and other historical modes of doing philosophy. Daya Krishna moves from one mode to another with great facility and seamless ease. Although written more than fifty years ago, the book is an impressive example of philosophical modernity.

The present book consists of the original twelve chapters and has an introduction by Mrinal Miri as well as a bibliography and an index. The book is an outstanding contribution in philosophy and would be beneficial to scholars of various areas of philosophy, humanities, social and the natural sciences." (jacket)