A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
Sophia 55.4 is entirely devoted to Indian philosophy, with a number of interesting contributions by excellent scholars, including blog contributor Anand Vaidya. It is devoted to Bimal K Matilal, 25 years after his passing. Full contents here: http://link.springer.com/journal/11841/55/4?wt_mc=alerts.TOCjournals
Please see the following Call for Papers from Sai Bhatawadekar, Director of the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. There is more information on the Center’s website. CALL FOR PAPERS South Asian Studies: Pedagogy Continue reading CFP: South Asian Studies Symposium: Pedagogy and Community Building
By Charles Goodman http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/studies-in-buddhist-philosophy/
[Cross-posted on Love of All Wisdom.] Late last year I was delighted to see a post from Richard Payne retracting his earlier post on “White Buddhism”, motivated at least in part by my critique. It is all too rare to Continue reading Farewell to “Yavanayāna”
Hi all A seemingly innocent question about Hindu Ethics was raised elsewhere. Ram kindly referenced the Handbook that I edited. I wanted to respond the original context, but as I started writing it grew and I thought it would be Continue reading Hindu Ethics
I’m very happy to bring to people’s attention that Roy Perrett’s Introduction to Indian Philosophy – impressive for its rare combination of analytic depth and extensive breadth – has has won an award; it has been named by the American Continue reading Award for Roy Perrett’s Introduction to Indian Philosophy
In the context of epistemology and pramāṇa theory, we often translate śabda as “testimony.” It is reasonable to do so, since using “word” in sentences like “Word is a genuine source of knowledge” is unpleasant to the ear and confusing Continue reading Some thoughts on the terms śabda and “testimony”
In the second pariccheda of Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇālaṅkāra (1025 CE) titled śabdālaṅkāravivecanam, Bhoja defines at 2.138 the śabdālaṅkāra Adhyeyam (Śarmā and Paṇśīkar 1934:304): yadvidhau ca niṣedhe ca vyutpattereva kāraṇam tadadhyeyam vidustena lokayātrā pravartate Bhoja at Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇālaṅkāra 2.139 divides Adhyeyam into six subtypes-kāvya, Continue reading Bhoja’s comments on Adhyeyam–a Guest Post by Satyanarayana Hegde
In the comments to Shyam’s recent post on interpretation vs explication, I left a link to Peter Adamson’s recent post,”Rules for History of Philosophy.” While I imagine many readers will have already seen it (it’s been posted elsewhere), perhaps some Continue reading Rules for History of Philosophy
This issue is pretty light on Indian philosophy, as its theme is “Joseph Chan’s Confucian Perfectionism.” But it does feature Chris Framarin’s article “Renunciation, Pleasure, and the Good Life in the Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads” and David Nowakowski’s review of Rethinking the Buddha: Continue reading New issue of Philosophy East and West (67.1, January 2017)