About elisa freschi

My long-term program is to make "Sanskrit Philosophy" part of "Philosophy". You can follow me also on my personal blog: elisafreschi.com, on Academia, on Amazon, etc.

Confluence: A new journal on comparative philosophy

How did comparative philosophy evolve in the last sixty+ years? What is the difference between intercultural philosophy and comparative philosophy? All the answers can be read in the introductory essay to the first number of a new journal dedicated to Continue reading Confluence: A new journal on comparative philosophy

What is the relationship between Advaita Vedānta and bhakti? A guest post by Patrick S. O’ Donnell

(You have probably already encountered Patrick on this blog, but in case you did not, his Academia page is here —be sure to check all the bibliographical tools. The following text is part of an email conversation between the two Continue reading What is the relationship between Advaita Vedānta and bhakti? A guest post by Patrick S. O’ Donnell

Anand Venkatkrishnan on Vedānta, bhakti and Mīmāṃsā through the history of the family of Āpadeva and Anantadeva in 16th–17th c. Banaras

When, where and how did bhakti become acceptable within the Indian intellectual élites?

You can now vote the best philosophical blogpost UPDATED

…among the ones selected at 3quarksdaily, here. In case you were wondering, there are at least three posts dealing with non-Western philosophy, namely: No. 10, Veṅkaṭanātha’s contribution to Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta (thank you very much, K., for suggesting it!) No. 17, Continue reading You can now vote the best philosophical blogpost UPDATED

Daya Krishna’s “Creative Encounters with Texts”

Daya Krishna was an Indian philosopher, a rationalist and iconoclast, who constantly tried to question and scrutinise acquired “truths”. The main place for such investigations was for him a saṃvāda ‘dialogue’. That’s why he also strived to organise structured saṃvāda Continue reading Daya Krishna’s “Creative Encounters with Texts”