A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
Papers of special interest to our blog readers include: Mādhyamikas on the Moral Benefits of a Self: Buddhist Ethics and Personhood, by Leah McGarrity Toward a new Hermeneutics of the Bhagavad–gītā: sri Ramakrishna, Sri Aurobindo, and the Secret of Vijñāna, Continue reading New Issue of Philosophy East and West (65.4)
From dailynous: Jonardon Ganeri (NYU) is the winner of the 2015 Infosys Prize in the humanities category. It is the first time a philosopher has won this prize. The jury panel, headed by Harvard professor and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, Continue reading Congratulations to Jonardon Ganeri
My title refers to a recent post on Language Log by Herb Terrace, which is a response to an article by Hauser et al. that appeared in Frontiers in Psychology last year. To review briefly: Hauser et al. argue that, Continue reading The origins of language: Akhaṇḍakhaṇḍanam
As promised, this (a bit belated) post summarizes some talks from the October 2015 Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy in Monterey, CA. To keep the post brief, I’m choosing to discuss only those SACP talks which I attended, have Continue reading Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy 2015
I would like to call your attention to a job opening for an Acquisitions Editor at SUNY Press in the disciplines of Asian Studies, Religious Studies, and/or Comparative Philosophy. The Press is willing to hire and train someone who has Continue reading Job Announcement: Acquisitions Editor at SUNY Press
Satyanarayana asked a very interesting question a while back. Literature (kāvya) was widely believed to be a kind of moral education, even if it “seduces us like a lover” (kāntasaṃmitatayā); other types of texts, namely scripture (śāstra) and sacred lore Continue reading Unchaste literature and the “social aesthetic”