A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
Do we need to prove that unicorns, tooth fairies, hobbits and so on do not exist? The question is not just funny, insofar as an upholder of the existence of ghosts and the like could easily claim that —strictly speaking— Continue reading On the epistemology of the extra-ordinary. Or: Do we need to waste our time proving that unicorns do not exist?
What are good internet resources for research in Indian philosophy? Here are a few that come to my mind. The GRETIL project of electronic Sanskrit texts: http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/#Intro The Monier Williams Dictionary online: http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/ The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, whose Indian Philosophy section Continue reading Internet resources for Indian Philosophy
Friends, as researchers and teachers of Indian thought, from time to time we’ve been called upon to put Indian philosophy on the map, so to speak, in a simple, accessible way, whether in classrooms, talks, or papers directed to non-specialist Continue reading Indian Philosophy in One Paragraph
The Indian Philosophy Blog is a venue for the discussion of Indian (South Asian) philosophy, however defined. All periods of Indian thought from the ancient to the modern, and all Indian philosophical schools, can be discussed here. We expect the Continue reading Welcome to the Indian Philosophy Blog!