Interview with Mark Siderits, a guest post by Debajyoti Gangopadhyay* (part 1)

(This dialog is part of the Dialog mission, about which see here and this post) Debajyoti Gangopadhyay: Professor Siderits, you are widely acclaimed for your contribution in Buddhist Philosophy. What precisely motivated you to study Philosophy in Asia? The Question Continue reading Interview with Mark Siderits, a guest post by Debajyoti Gangopadhyay* (part 1)

Why philosophy departments have focused on the West

Cross-posted at Love of All Wisdom. Jay Garfield and Bryan Van Norden have a widely circulated article in a recent New York Times, chastising American philosophy departments for paying insufficient attention to non-Western traditions of thought. It will surprise nobody Continue reading Why philosophy departments have focused on the West

Leiden Indian Philosophy Symposium (LIPS1)

Posted on behalf of Lucas den Boer: May 20, 2016 – at Leiden University. More details available at https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2016/05/leiden-indian-philosophy-symposium-lips    The conference focuses on philosophical problems in the Indian tradition. Alex Watson (Ashoka University) will deliver a keynote on “God, Continue reading Leiden Indian Philosophy Symposium (LIPS1)

Online Philosophy Education Including Indian Philosophy

Dear Friends and Colleagues I’d like to bring your attention to an online resource for teaching philosophy, including Indian philosophy. This is the EPG Pathshala initiative, by the Government of India’s University Grants Commission. The goal of this project is Continue reading Online Philosophy Education Including Indian Philosophy

Brief Book Notes on Beckwith, Carpenter, and Siderits/Katsura, by Ethan Mills

As the Book Review Editor for this blog, I invite readers to submit their own reviews (see: https://indianphilosophyblog.org/book-reviews/).   To encourage interest in book reviews, I’m trying something a little different: brief book notes, or what you might call a “review Continue reading Brief Book Notes on Beckwith, Carpenter, and Siderits/Katsura, by Ethan Mills

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (Arindam Chakrabarti, ed.), reviewed by Jay L. Garfield

Aesthetics, while always somewhat peripheral to Western philosophy, has always been at the center of Indian philosophy. It is therefore essential, if one wants to understand debates in Indian philosophy, to attend to Indian aesthetic theory. Moreover, because of this Continue reading The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (Arindam Chakrabarti, ed.), reviewed by Jay L. Garfield

Of “White Buddhism”

[Cross-posted from Love of All Wisdom.] Mindfulness meditation has become so mainstream that it’s not just doctors who prescribe it. A couple weeks ago, Boston University had a workshop on mindfulness for its information-technology staff. Google made a splash for Continue reading Of “White Buddhism”

Beckwith on the lateness, corruption, and lack of scholarly editions of Indian sources on early Buddhism

GUEST POST* BY: Monte Ransome Johnson, Philosophy Department, UC, San Diego I’d like to thank the editors of this blog for inviting me to post here, and for allowing me to introduce myself. I work in the Philosophy Department at Continue reading Beckwith on the lateness, corruption, and lack of scholarly editions of Indian sources on early Buddhism