▁Western ▁criticism ", ▁but ▁also ▁incorpor ating ▁Western ▁philosoph ical ▁and ▁religious ▁thought . ▁ ▁Adv ait a ▁V ed anta ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁sp okes men ▁of ▁Ne o - V ed anta . ▁His ▁met aph ys ics ▁was ▁ground ed ▁in ▁Adv ait a ▁V ed anta , ▁but ▁he ▁re inter pre ted ▁Adv ait a ▁V ed anta ▁for ▁a ▁contemporary ▁understanding . ▁He ▁acknowled ged ▁the ▁reality ▁and ▁divers ity ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁experience , ▁which ▁he ▁saw ▁as ▁ground ed ▁in ▁and ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁absolute ▁or ▁Bra h man . ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ▁also ▁re inter pre ted ▁Sh ank ara ' s ▁notion ▁of ▁may a . ▁According ▁to ▁Rad h ak r ish nan , ▁may a ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁strict ▁absolute ▁ideal ism , ▁but ▁" a ▁subject ive ▁mis per ception ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁as ▁ultimately ▁real ." ▁ ▁Int u ition ▁and ▁religious ▁experience ▁ ▁" Int u ition ", ▁ ▁syn onym ously ▁called ▁" rel ig ious ▁experience ", ▁has ▁a ▁central ▁place ▁in ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ' s ▁philosophy ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁knowledge ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁medi ated ▁by ▁conscious ▁thought . ▁His ▁specific ▁interest ▁in ▁experience ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁William ▁James ▁( 1 8 4 2 – 1 9 1 0 ), ▁Francis ▁Herbert ▁Brad ley ▁( 1 8 4 6 – 1