02-23-2009, 11:18 AM
This is an important thread, and i hope there will be a robust participation. We need to master the essentials of the Occidental worldview or darsana, to understand the motivation behind his actions and strategies. For example Karl Potter has written about "Presuppositions in Indian Philosophy" to explain to his western counterparts the basic structure of Indian philosophy. One of the perceptive remarks that Potter makes is that the modern Indic has pretty much capitulated and take the same worldview that his western counterpart makes. Be thart as it may, we need to study the "underlying presuppositions of western philosophy to position ourself accurately in the world stage and defend ourselves from attacks especially from those claiming to be our friends