The Concept of Self in Advaita Vedanta and Western Idealism: A Comparative Analysis of the Advaitic Idea of Atman-Brahman Identity with Immanuel Kant’s Transcendental Idealism or Hegel’s Absolute Idealism
Poornaprajna International Journal of Philosophy & Languages March 17, 2025 Ramanathan Srinivasan, P. S. Aithal
Purpose: This study explores the concept of self in Advaita Vedanta and Western Idealism, focusing on the Atman-Brahman identity in Shankara’s non-dualism and its parallels with Immanuel Kant’s Transcendental Idealism and Hegel’s Absolute Idealism. Advaita posits that the individual self (Atman) is identical to the ultimate reality (Brahman), transcending empirical distinctions. Kant, on the...