A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
Two three upcoming conferences of interest to our readers. First, the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP) Annual Meeting is this weekend in Monterey, CA, and there are quite a few sessions pertaining to Indian philosophy, too many to list here, Continue reading Upcoming Conferences: SACP 2015, SAGP 2015, E-APA 2016
As the Book Review Editor for the Indian Philosophy Blog I thought it might be helpful to occasionally make a note of books that may be good subjects for future reviews. If you’re not sure what our reviews look like, Continue reading Seeking Book Reviewers for the Blog
Call for Proposals “Place” The 11th East-West Philosophers’ Conference Wednesday May 25-Tuesday May 31 2016 Humanity takes up space. In this, humanity is no different from other species. Humanity also purposefully transforms space, but is not unique in doing so. Continue reading Call for proposals: THE 11TH EAST-WEST PHILOSOPHERS’ CONFERENCE MAY 2016
For those of you who are podcast listeners, note that in a few days (20 Sept), History of Philosophy without any gaps will premiere a series focusing on India–Jonardon Ganeri will be talking with podcast host Peter Adamson. A tentative Continue reading History of Philosophy without any gaps
I am pleased to announce the addition of a new contributor to our blog: Alex Watson. Our readers already read here his description of his current position at Ashoka University, so I can focus on what happened before that.
Hi Everyone. Elisa noted that in the Seminar article she recently blogged about, my job title is given as ‘Professor of Indian Philosophy at Ashoka University’, and asked me to write about Indian Philosophy here at Ashoka. It was not Continue reading Ashoka University – A Guest Post by Alex Watson
Call for Papers Philosophy of Education Conference, 2016 Azim Premji University, Bengaluru 10-12 January, 2016 Azim Premji University invites papers for the 4th Philosophy of Education Conference to be held from 10th to 12th January 2016 at Bengaluru. Submissions must Continue reading Call for Papers: Philosophy of Education Conference, 2016 Azim Premji University, Bengaluru 10-12 January, 2016
Congratulations to Jonardon Ganeri who has been elected a British Academy Fellow. Fellows are distinguished UK academics recognised for their outstanding research in humanities and social sciences. See more here.
Miri Albahari has a nice review of Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy, by friend and contributor to the IPB, Evan Thompson. This is a ground-breaking philosophical exploration of consciousness and the self as they occur Continue reading NDPR Review of Evan Thompson’s Waking, Dreaming, Being
Rajiv Malhotra, whose criticisms of scholarship on India will be familiar to many on this blog, has been accused by Richard Fox Young of plagiarism in his recent book Indra’s Net. Examples of the problematic passages are publicly available. Many Continue reading Petition regarding plagiarism