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FOREWORD
It is really a matter of great pleasure to write few words of foreword to Dr. Hemanta Shah's book on Philosophical Writings. The book is a collection of some excellent research papers which display the author's scholarship and insight in the wide area of Philosophy, Aesthetics and Religion. These papers were presented by the learned author in National and International conferences and won the recognition of these learned bodies. Each Research paper, in this book, has its own significance in the field of Philosophy. The author has made thorough study of the subject and maintained objectivity, and scientific temperament, applying research methodology. The author's method of presenting a subject inspires readers to go into the depth of subject. Each one of these topics dealt by the author has had a vast and varied development and cannot he treated adequately in the work of such kind of nature. An attempt is made here by the author to introduce the readers to the outlook and spirit of these subjects, which helps them to grasp thoroughly the central themes rather than acquaint them with minute details.
Philosophical problems have been same in the west as in the East. Even the chief solutions have surprisingly similar in several respects. But method of inquiry differs. Western Philosophy treats Epistemology, Logic, Metaphysics, Ethics and Aesthetics as independent branches whereas, Indian Philosophy generally does not consider them separately and treat them as interconnected and
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