Christian Coseru reviews Bhushan and Garfield’s Minds Without Fear: Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance
Link here: https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/minds-without-fear-philosophy-in-the-indian-renaissance/
Month: August 2018
Jonardon Ganeri reviews Van Norden’s Taking Back Philosophy in the LA Review of Books
Link here: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/taking-philosophy-forward/#! Thanks to Ayon Maharaj for the tip.
3AM interview with Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
The 3AM magazine continues with its new series (1, 2, 3) of interviews of philosophers working in Indian thought, in an interview with Ramkrishna Bhattacharya (at the Pavlov Institute, Kolkata) about his work on Cārvāka. In this interview, Bhattacharya discusses the Continue reading 3AM interview with Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
NDPR Review of Roy Tzohar’s A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor
Review by our own contributor Malcolm Keating. Indian philosophy has a history of sophisticated linguistic analysis (Pāṇini’s grammar being the usual example), which includes theories of reference, polysemy, ellipsis, sentential unity, figurative language, and more. Roy Tzohar’s A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory Continue reading NDPR Review of Roy Tzohar’s A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor
Book Announcement: Human Being, Bodily Being by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
From the publisher: Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad offers illuminating new perspectives on contemporary phenomenological theories of body and subjectivity, based on studies of classical Indian texts that deal with bodily subjectivity. Examining four texts from different genres – a medical handbook, epic Continue reading Book Announcement: Human Being, Bodily Being by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Book announcement: Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality by Ayon Maharaj
Ayon Maharaj, Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality: Sri Ramakrishna and Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion, New York: Oxford University Press, 350 pages, 978-0-19-086823-9. The book will be published on October 1, 2018. For more details and a pre-order discount, please Continue reading Book announcement: Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality by Ayon Maharaj
The psychological case for disengaged Buddhism
My project on disengaged Buddhism has now been submitted to a journal. It’s undergone several revisions by this point. One of the most important such revisions was suggested unanimously by BU’s magnificent CURA seminar. In an earlier draft had attempted Continue reading The psychological case for disengaged Buddhism
Tenure-Track Position at the University of Toronto
It is good news indeed that the University of Toronto will be hiring a specialist in Indian philosophy. The application deadline is November 1. I am posting this on behalf of Ajay Rao. https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1580407/assistant-professor-south-asian-philosophy/ Assistant Professor – South Asian Philosophy Continue reading Tenure-Track Position at the University of Toronto