K. C. Bhattacharyya

K. C. Bhattacharyya was a prominent Indian philosopher who died in 1949. He was known for his work in interpreting Indian philosophy through the lens of German idealism, particularly Immanuel Kant and Georg F.W. Hegel.1

Bhattacharyya's philosophical approach involved a phenomenological description of different levels of subjectivity: the bodily, the psychic, and the spiritual. He distinguished between the objective body and the felt body, considering the latter as a fundamental experience of freedom from the objective world. His work also explored the range of mental life and the transcendence of introspection, leading to a greater freedom from objectivity.1

He also developed a theory of value where value is seen as an absolute feeling, not merely an attribute of an object. His logic of alternation was a modern interpretation of Jain philosophical concepts. Bhattacharyya is considered one of the most original thinkers of his time in India.1