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'''Daya Krishna''' (1924–2007) was an Indian [[philosopher]].<ref name=Raveh>{{Cite journal|last=Raveh|first=Daniel|title=Daya Krishna (1924-2007)|pmc=3190560|journal=Mens Sana Monographs|year=2008|publisher=Medknow Publications|volume=6|issue=1|pages=281–284}}</ref> He was sometime Pro Vice Chancellor of [[Rajasthan University]] and editor of the [[Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research]] for over three decades.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|title=Eminent thinker Daya Krishna dead|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/07/stories/2007100760081000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012182811/http://hindu.com/2007/10/07/stories/2007100760081000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2007|access-date=4 April 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=October 7, 2007}}</ref><br />
He has published works in the fields of [[Indian philosophy]], [[Western philosophy]] and [[aesthetics]]. His doctoral thesis published as ''The Nature of Philosophy'' is said to have been acclaimed by the British philosopher, [[Gilbert Ryle]], as an outstanding work.<ref name=Mayaram>{{cite journal|last=Mayaram|first=Shail|title=Daya Krishna: A Philosopher and Much More|journal=Philosophy East and West|date=4 October 2008|volume=58|issue=4|page=440|jstor=40213532|doi=10.1353/pew.0.0030|s2cid=153464076}}</ref> His work explores the possibility of looking at Indian traditions through resources drawn from Indian concepts and categories. He has attempted to bring about "a dialogue between traditional Pundits, thinking and writing in Sanskrit, and scholars who “do” Indian philosophy in English".<ref name="Raveh"/><br />
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== Important works ==<br />
* ''Contrary Thinking: Selected Essays of Daya Krishna'' (2011)<br />
* ''Prolegomena to Any Future: Historiography of Cultures & Civilizations'' (1997)<br />
* ''Bhakti, a contemporary discussion: philosophical explorations in the Indian Bhakti tradition'' (Ed with Mukunda Lāṭha, Francine Ellison) (2000)<br />
* ''Developments in Indian philosophy from Eighteenth century onwards: Classical and Western'' (2002)<br />
* ''Indian Philosophy: a counter perspective'' (2006)<br />
* ''The Problematic and Conceptual Structure of Classical Indian Thought About Man, Society and Polity'' (1996)<br />
* ''The Art of the Conceptual: Explorations in a Conceptual Maze Over Three Decades'' (1989)<br />
* ''The Nature of Philosophy'' (1955)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite journal | pmc=3190560 | volume=6 | issue=1 | journal=Mens Sana Monographs | title=Daya Krishna (1924-2007)| year=2008 | last1=Raveh | first1=D. | pages=281–284 }}<br />
* Eliot Deutsch, [http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/philosophy_east_and_west/v058/58.4.deutsch.html A Memorial Tribute to Daya Krishna]<br />
* [https://www.dayakrishna.org/ Daya Krishna - The Open Library]<br />
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