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Schr\u00f6dinger called for a \u201cblood transfusion\u201d of Indian thought into the West and, in one notebook, construed the Upani\u1e63adic slogan \u201cBrahman\u2009=\u2009Atman\u201d as the \u201cclosest thing to the truth.\u201d However, the historical and philosophical literature on his engagement with Indian ideas remains limited and often confused. Two questions should be addressed for a more comprehensive account of Schr\u00f6dinger's philosophical views: which Indian insights did he embrace, and what was their role in his thought? I argue that examining what he termed the Indian \u201cdoctrine of identity\u201d illuminates answers to these questions and can correct some historical misinterpretations. First, situating Schr\u00f6dinger's reading of Indian works in his time and analyzing his personal notebooks reveals the dominance of \u015aa\u1e45kara's Advaita Ved\u0101nta reading of the Upani\u1e63ads. Second, by analyzing Schr\u00f6dinger's published writings and personal notebooks, I argue that this doctrine of identity offered Schr\u00f6dinger religious consolation, but, furthermore, that Schr\u00f6dinger took these Indian ideas seriously in his philosophy as well. I highlight how Schr\u00f6dinger adopted this doctrine of identity into his metaphysical ruminations about the nature of reality and show how it resonates with some of his reflections in the philosophy of science.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/bewi.202400027","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,27]],"date-time":"2025-06-27T02:05:49Z","timestamp":1750989949000},"page":"44-71","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Schr\u00f6dinger's Doctrine of Identity: On the Role of Advaita Ved\u0101nta in Erwin Schr\u00f6dinger's Thought"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"48","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-3262-048X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thijs M. 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