Concept of Man in Philosophy

Author: R A sinariEditor: R A SinariPublisher: Indian Institute of Advanced StudyYear: 1991Language: EnglishPages: 164ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170186528 DescriptionThis volume is a collection of contributions which aim to delineate various dimensions of the human phenomenon, to uncover the meaning of human existence, to arrive at the foundation of man-and-the-world and man-to-man encounters.Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla was perhaps the first research organization in India to have staged a seminar on MAN. The seminar was a many-pronged intellectual exercise directed toward the understanding of human reality. Although the participants were mainly philosophers, drawn from Indian universities, the papers and discussions at the seminar covered diverse aspects of human life—anthropological, psychological, ethical, ontological, religious, etc. The aim of the sessions was to delineate various dimensions of the human phenomenon, to uncover the meaning of human existence, to arr