A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
Dear readers and co-bloggers, a colleague of mine, who is professor of philosophy in the US and works on German and English philosophy, started studying Sanskrit about one year ago. He is now at the point where he would just Continue reading Sanskrit philosophical tandem?
Hello all I’m tasked with updating two online (OBO) bibliographies: one on Indian philosophy (in general 2011) and the other on Hindu philosophy (2016). To this end, I would appreciate suggestions regarding stand out publications from the last seven years Continue reading Request for Suggestions of Recent Publication on Indian or Hindu Philosophy
[Posted on behalf of Monima Chadha] AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY FOR ASIAN AND COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY ASACP CONFERENCE 2017 CALL FOR PAPERS The ASACP 2017 Conference will be held from 10-12 July 2017 at Deakin University, Deakin Downtown 727 Collins St, Melbourne, Australia. Continue reading ASCAP Conference 2017
Our own Amod Lele will be giving a talk at a conference organized by Pierre-Julien Harter at the University of Utah, on April 21-22. The other philosophers there, and their talks may also be of interest to readers of this Continue reading Upcoming talks on Buddhism in Utah April 21-22
Friends, for those of you who teach Indian philosophy regularly and may be teaching in the fall, I wanted to give notice that Stephen Phillips and my translation of the Nyāyasūtra with early commentaries will be out in September. Hackett Continue reading Notice of forthcoming publication
I’ve been informed that there is a remarkable fellowship for a specialist in Indian and Comparative Philosophy at Wolfson College, Oxford, at the Berggruen Institute for Philosophy and Culture. The application deadline in April 17, 2017. See below for details. https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/content/berggruen-research-fellow-comparative-philosophy Continue reading Postdoctoral Fellowship at Wolfson College, Oxford 2017-9
Please see the delightful website below for an argument for why undergraduates have good reasons to pursue philosophy for pragmatic as well as humanistic reasons. https://philosophyisagreatmajor.com/ It might be useful for blog members who are professors in the US, as advising Continue reading Philosophy is a great major
Journal of Indian Philosophy 45.2 is out. Asian Philosophy 27.1 contains an article by Roy Perrett on the problem of other minds in Yogācāra Buddhism. Hegel Bulletin has an article responding to Hegel’s Criticism of Hinduism, largely focused on the problem Continue reading A handful of recent articles
Global Philosophy Resources, www.globalphilosophyresources.com, provides easy-to-use resources for faculty members who are interested in diversifying their teaching but who lack training in nonwestern philosophy. It is looking for contributors. Guidelines: Each entry should introduce a nonwestern text that would be suitable Continue reading Global Philosophy Resources: call for contributions
[The following is a guest post by Yigal Bronner and Andrew Ollett.] We would like to introduce the readers of this blog to the Pandit Project at www.panditproject.org. This is a new resource for students of the intellectual traditions of Continue reading Introducing the Pandit Project