Virtual Sanskrit reading group
If anyone is interested, see this post on Malcolm Keating’s blog:http://malcolmkeating.blogspot.com/2015/01/virtual-sanskrit-reading-group.htm Interested people could contact Malcolm on his blog or post comments here.
Author Archives: Matthew Dasti
Why call it “history of philosophy” anyway?
Stephen Nadler has an interesting and provocative address, “History of Modern Philosophy: What is it Good For?” in the recent Proceedings and Addresses of the APA. Among other things, he argues that history of philosophy is just, well, philosophy. All Continue reading Why call it “history of philosophy” anyway?
Some plans and initiatives for the Indian Philosophy Blog
Elisa, Amod, and I often discuss ways to enhance the Blog and better serve our readership (both potential and actual). In conversation with some of our core contributors, here are a few plans we have: 1. A stable “Resources” page Continue reading Some plans and initiatives for the Indian Philosophy Blog
Congratulations to David Buchta and Malcolm Keating
Two young luminaries in our field, David Buchta and Malcolm Keating, have successfully defended their dissertations at Penn and Texas respectively. Let’s all congratulate them! David and Malcolm are, among other things, both Alaṅkārikas (broadly construed), with Malcolm’s dissertation on Continue reading Congratulations to David Buchta and Malcolm Keating
Mukulabhaṭṭa and pragmatics in Indian philosophy–a Guest Post by Malcolm Keating
Hello, everyone—Matthew asked me to write a guest post on some of my work on Mukulabhaṭṭa and pragmatics in Indian philosophy. I’d be interested in everyone’s thoughts! Mukulabhaṭṭa was a ninth-century Kashmiri thinker who wrote a critical response to Ānandavardhana’s Continue reading Mukulabhaṭṭa and pragmatics in Indian philosophy–a Guest Post by Malcolm Keating
Gesturing toward conversational implicature–a snapshot
I think that we all have had experiences where we pick up an old text for the umpteenth time, and looking over an old passage, see something new or interesting within it. Recently, I noticed something interesting while reading though Vātsyāyana’s Continue reading Gesturing toward conversational implicature–a snapshot
The Epistemology of Modality: Setting Up the Question for Classical Indian Philosophy–A Guest Post by Anand Vaidya
Hi All, Matthew and Elisa asked me to provide a guest post on a project I am working on. I just spent the last two weeks in Europe, first Belgrade, Serbia and then Aarhus, Denmark working on one of my main Continue reading The Epistemology of Modality: Setting Up the Question for Classical Indian Philosophy–A Guest Post by Anand Vaidya
Richard Hayes’ review of Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad’s *Eastern Philosophy*
As discussed in the comments on Andrew’s thread, here are some excerpts from Richard Hayes’ review of Eastern Philosophy by our esteemed friend of the blog, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad. What is most relevant is the way in which it discusses the challenges Continue reading Richard Hayes’ review of Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad’s *Eastern Philosophy*
The “What’s everybody up to lately?” thread
We (Elisa, Amod and I) thought it might be nice to occasionally ask our contributors and readers to share what they’ve been thinking about lately, whether research-related, for conferences, teaching, blogging, organizational or administrative projects, or merely musings on subjects Continue reading The “What’s everybody up to lately?” thread
New Issue of the Journal of Indian Philosophy
Journal of Indian Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 4 (September 2014) is now available. For table of contents with links to each article (behind a paywall), see this link.