A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
Inspired by the various interviews with philosophers here and on the Internet at large, I’m starting a series here at the Indian philosophy blog. The goal is to introduce readers to a wide range of scholars working on Indian philosophy. Due Continue reading An interview with Shalini Sinha: first in an occasional series
Over at Daily Nous, Justin Weinberg points to a website, created by Derek Bowman, that is hosting a series of interviews with “free range” philosophers, people who are academically trained as philosophers but have chosen to do something else with Continue reading Interview with a “free range” Indian philosopher
Over at History of Philosophy without any Gaps, Peter Adamson, with Jonardon Ganeri, has been running a series on Indian Philosophy. The last few weeks have focused on Mīmāṃsā, and the IPB’s Elisa Freschi has been assisting with the episodes. Continue reading Quick Note – History of Philosophy Podcast on Mīmāṃsā
At the beginning of the month, there was an interdisciplinary conference in Kanazawa, Japan–the International Conference on Ethno-Epistemology – Culture, Language, and Methodology. Jonardon Ganeri gave a keynote presentation, “Pluralism about Epistemic Cultures” and Anand Vaidya, along with Purushottama Billimoria, gave Continue reading Epistemology and Comparative Philosophy in Confluence and the APA Blog
In a few days, the 2016 East-West Philosopher’s Conference will begin in Honolulu, Hawaii. The theme is “place”, but the range of interpretations of the theme varies from literal to metaphorical. I’ll be chairing a panel which takes “place” in a Continue reading 2016 East-West Philosopher’s Conference
If you are working on a paper related to Indian philosophy, which journal(s) do you approach for publication? How do you decide which is a good venue for your work? There are a few philosophy journal rankings around (for example, Continue reading Journals for Indian Philosophy
What follows is a reflection on my experiences teaching the Tarkasaṃgraha, as I promised in the comments to a recent post. Part of my job at Yale-NUS College is to teach a college-wide common curriculum course that spans two semesters. It’s called Continue reading Teaching the Tarkasaṃgraha to first-year students
February 26, 2016 – February 27, 2016 at University of Pennsylvania. More details available at Philevents–the conference lineup includes a variety of traditions. Indian philosophy is represented by Nalini Bhushan (Smith): “The Modern Indian Subject: Self and Consciousness in AC Mukerji Continue reading Upcoming: MAP-Penn Non-Western Philosophy Conference
Over at the Language Log, Victor Mair has a post about spoken Sanskrit at the recent international workshop, “A Lasting Vision: Daṇḍin’s Mirror in the World of Asian Letters”. The workshop itself may be of interest to readers of this Continue reading Spoken Sanskrit and Daṇḍin
Edited: My apologies–the free books were for a very limited period and by the time I posted this announcement, the promotion was over! I’m sorry for misleading readers. I’ll keep an eye out for future promotions and make sure to announce Continue reading Correction: Free Springer texts available online