Necessity of an Objective Approach with Reference to Indian Philosophy

It is indeed difficult to trace a single reason with certainty which must have led to the birth of many divergent views of an early period of Indian Philosophy. However the fact that there had been many well-defined systems cannot be denied. Somehow the early Indian philosophers generally speaking were not very keen on deviating from the set traditional beliefs and fancies thereof drawn from religiosity. This might have psychologically landed them into a comfortable zone of complacency and further encouraged to hold on to the hangover of the past. To defend this attitude it has been claimed by many outstanding Indian Philosophers that Philosophy in India is essentially spiritual and it always aims beyond logic. What truly needed now is the emergence of a purely philosophical thought or clubbing of thoughts that can have an exclusive status. By departing from the religious sentiment and coming out with a pragmatic approach it would prove to be guidance for the coming generations. Failing this, philosophical outlook in India might reduce merely to a sort of representation of one's own religious upbringing or training. A line of demarcation between religion and philosophy is more of necessity than presenting them together as found in the early period. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.