A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
Bryce Huebner shared this new posting for Georgetown University: The Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor, beginning August 2019. The teaching load will be two courses per semester, with teaching responsibilities at both Continue reading Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Georgetown University
For those of you who are interested in learning Pāli, the Middle Indo-Aryan language used by Theravāda Buddhists, you may want to have a look at the new on-demand course from the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. I know one Continue reading Pāli courses online
The Mīmāṃsā school of Indian philosophy started as an atheist school since its first extant text, Jaimini’s Mīmāṃsā Sūtra. At a certain point in its history, however, it reinterpreted its atheist arguments as aiming only at a certain conception of Continue reading Bhavanātha and the move towards theistic Mīmāṃsā
Evan Thompson pointed out this ad for an assistant professor (tenure stream) position in “Asian Philosophy” (South Asian and/or East Asian) in the Department of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. Here is a link to the posting: https://www.philjobs.org/job/show/10990 Continue reading Assistant professor in Asian Philosophy at British Columbia
It is not especially controversial to say that ethics is a branch of philosophy. I’ve occasionally heard people dispute that claim, but mostly on the grounds that ethics extends beyond philosophy per se, to narrative and the like; few would Continue reading “Indian philosophy” vs. “Buddhist ethics”
Another interview at 3AM (previously: 1, 2, 3, 4) with philosophers working in Indian thought, this time with William Edelglass at Marlboro College, Vermont. The interview covers a lot of ground–including his arguments that Buddhist thinkers are best understood as Continue reading 3AM interview with William Edelglass
In my department, we pass around The Philosopher’s Magazine when the physical issue comes in the mail. Much to my delight, in an issue with special focus on Comparative Philosophy, I found that our own Elisa Freschi has an excellent article Continue reading Freschi on Alternative Theisms in The Philosopher’s Magazine