A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
From the APA’s blog: In a previous post, Peter Adamson predicted that non-European philosophies are destined to enter the mainstream of the philosophical profession. He highlighted three avenues of progress. One is that departments will hire more experts, people who know the Continue reading So You Want to Teach Some Indian Philosophy? An article on the APA blog by Jonardon Ganeri
A new issue of Sophia has been published (volume 57, Issue 3, September 2018), with the special theme The Challenge of Postcolonial Philosophy in India: Too Alien for Contemporary Philosophers, Too Modern for Sanskritists? The issue editors are Elise Coquereau-Saouma and our Continue reading Special issue of Sophia devoted to postcolonial 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
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
Review by our own contributor Malcolm Keating. Indian philosophy has a history of sophisticated linguistic analysis (Pāṇini’s grammar being the usual example), which includes theories of reference, polysemy, ellipsis, sentential unity, figurative language, and more. Roy Tzohar’s A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory Continue reading NDPR Review of Roy Tzohar’s A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor
From the publisher: Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad offers illuminating new perspectives on contemporary phenomenological theories of body and subjectivity, based on studies of classical Indian texts that deal with bodily subjectivity. Examining four texts from different genres – a medical handbook, epic Continue reading Book Announcement: Human Being, Bodily Being by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Ayon Maharaj, Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality: Sri Ramakrishna and Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion, New York: Oxford University Press, 350 pages, 978-0-19-086823-9. The book will be published on October 1, 2018. For more details and a pre-order discount, please Continue reading Book announcement: Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality by Ayon Maharaj
It is good news indeed that the University of Toronto will be hiring a specialist in Indian philosophy. The application deadline is November 1. I am posting this on behalf of Ajay Rao. https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1580407/assistant-professor-south-asian-philosophy/ Assistant Professor – South Asian Philosophy Continue reading Tenure-Track Position at the University of Toronto
Malcolm has kindly alerted the Blog about the spate of recent 3AM Magazine interviews with philosophers who focus on India. But humility has likely prevented him from noting his own. So I am happy to do so. Please find the interview here: https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/indian-philosophy-of-language/ There Continue reading 3AM Interview with Malcolm Keating