A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
So, you think that Western thought is more diverse and interesting than “non-Western thought”? I have a non-polemical question: What did you read within what you call “non-Western thought”? If the list is extremely short compared to what you know Continue reading So, you think that Western thought is more diverse and interesting than “non-Western thought”?
Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (KCB) has been India’s foremost twentieth-century philosopher and is considered the father of contemporary Indian philosophy (CIP). His works have been dense, and scholars have often struggled to unravel the true depth of his philosophical acumen. One such Continue reading Subject as Freedom: A Contemporary Translation
Sanskrit philosophy is extremely sophisticated and I am convinced that we don’t need to borrow categories from Euro-American philosophy to better understand it. Parallels to Euro-American theories are welcome because they can help us focus on overlooked aspects, but they Continue reading A word of caution on philosophical methodology