Trusting our sources: manuscripts, archaeology, and what we “cannot know”

I am fresh back from the “Buddhism and Social Justice” conference hosted by Leiden University, The Netherlands. This will be the first in what I hope will be a number of posts in the coming weeks about individual papers and Continue reading Trusting our sources: manuscripts, archaeology, and what we “cannot know”

Philosophy and Poetry? (A call for comparanda)

(I have not forgotten that this is an “Indian Philosophy” blog, in case you are only reading the first sentence of this post…) The question of how we “do philosophy” is central to Plato’s Protagoras, where two models are on Continue reading Philosophy and Poetry? (A call for comparanda)

Book Notice: Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the Non-Human

A new collection of essays on Animal Ethics in Asian Traditions, many of which deal with Buddhist and Hindu material. Description and contents below. Dalal, Neil and Taylor, Chloe. 2014. Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the Non-Human (London: Routledge). Continue reading Book Notice: Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the Non-Human

Who invented the apoha theory? On Kunjunni Raja 1986

Who invented the apoha theory? If you, like me, are prone to answer “Dignāga” and to add that Dignāga (as shown by Hattori) was inspired by Bhartṛhari’s theory and that Dharmakīrti and Dharmottara later fine-tuned Dignāga’s one, you are ready Continue reading Who invented the apoha theory? On Kunjunni Raja 1986

Summer School: The Living Philosophies and Cultures of India

Manipal University (MU) and Chinmaya International Foundation Shodh Santhan (CIFSS) are jointly organizing a two-week Summer School “The Living Philosophies and Cultures of India” – July 24 – August 7, 2014. The summer school will take place at the birthplace of philosopher Adi Sankaracharya in Kerala Continue reading Summer School: The Living Philosophies and Cultures of India