A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
Constance Kassor is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Lawrence University and also affiliate faculty with the Rangjung Yeshe Institute’s Online Learning Program based in Boudhanath, Nepal, and with the Vasudhaiva Institute based in Oslo, Norway. Her work focuses on Continue reading An interview with Constance Kassor
[Cross-posted at Love of All Wisdom.] A little while ago, responding to Garfield and Van Norden’s call for diversity in philosophy, I argued that we should fight for the inclusion of non-Western thought in philosophy programs on the grounds of Continue reading On al-Ghazālī and the cultural specificity of philosophy
Last week there was a call from political science professor Nicholas Tampio to narrowly define philosophy as a discipline responding either directly to Plato’s Republic or at least part of a self-consciously Socratic-Platonic tradition of inquiry. I recommend reading Tampio’s essay, “Not Continue reading Where is Philosophy?: A Response to Nicholas Tampio
Commentaries can be manifold in ancient India. They have different purposes and form, but they all share some characters: they have a given text as their main interlocutor/they are mainly about a given text like with Origene’s commentaries, they are Continue reading Philosophical commentaries in ancient India
It looks like no one has yet announced the following job opening on the blog: Posting Number: 0835837 Position Title: Open Rank Appointment Type:Definition Faculty – Open Rank Working Title (if applicable): Assistant or Associate Professor Department Philosophy Department Salary Continue reading Assistant or Associate Professor of Buddhist Philosophy, UNM
[Cross-posted at Love of All Wisdom.] Does it matter whether something is or isn’t Buddhist? Or whether it is “distinctively” Buddhist? I was asked these related questions in two blog discussions from last year, both involving Justin Whitaker. Justin raised Continue reading Does it matter what we call Buddhist?
As the Indian Philosophy Blog Book Review Editor, I would like to invite scholars in the field to write book reviews for the blog. I’ve listed a few possible books for review here, but please contact me if you have Continue reading Book Reviews for the Blog
Here’s the announcement for an associate or full professorship in Leiden’s department of philosophy. Particular interest in Chinese philosophy, but applications from any Asian tradition are encouraged. http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/wetenschappelijke-functies/16-277-leiden-university-vacancies-full-or-associate-professor-of-comparative-philosophy-.html
(As a consequence of the discussion which took place here, Debajyoti Gangopadhyay updated the structure and concept of the “dialog” project.) Description: This Dialog mission is intended basically to make sense of a single question, which started getting shaped since Continue reading Dialog across Traditions (part I)
What makes a text a “commentary”? The question is naif enough to allow for a complicated answer. First of all, let me note the obvious: There is not a single word for “commentary” in Sanskrit, where one needs to distinguish Continue reading What is a commentary? And how the Nyāyamañjarī and the Seśvaramīmāṃsā do (not) fit the definition UPDATED