A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
In a recent exchange with Graham Priest, Massimo Pigliucci (who works mainly in philosophy of science, and Stoicism) takes aim at this notion that most Western philosophers’ disdain for Buddhism has to do with an aversion to contradictions, easily understood if one’s Continue reading Logic, mysticism, both or neither
The title of this post is a reference to a “common-sense” principle that might be called skhalīya-nyāya, since it is attributed to an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (and because it tends to trip people up…) But the Continue reading “Words mean what they mean”
Mathew Dasti is the new South Asia Book Review Editor for Philosophy East and West. Congratulations Matthew. (Any inquiries regarding book reviews can be addressed to: Matthew.Dasti@bridgew.edu)