Hindu-Christian studies prize
Every two years, the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies grants an award for the “Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies.” The awards alternate between two categories (Theology/Philosophy and History/ Ethnography),
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Confluence: A new journal on comparative philosophy
How did comparative philosophy evolve in the last sixty+ years? What is the difference between intercultural philosophy and comparative philosophy? All the answers can be read in the introductory essay to the first number of a new journal dedicated to Continue reading Confluence: A new journal on comparative philosophy
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
Updates concerning the 3quarksdaily philosophical blog prize
You can read here the list of the 20 semifinalists of the 3quarksdaily prize (see also here) for the best philosophical post of the last year. For a quick summary regarding non-Western philosophy:
You can now vote the best philosophical blogpost UPDATED
…among the ones selected at 3quarksdaily, here. In case you were wondering, there are at least three posts dealing with non-Western philosophy, namely: No. 10, Veṅkaṭanātha’s contribution to Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta (thank you very much, K., for suggesting it!) No. 17, Continue reading You can now vote the best philosophical blogpost UPDATED
You can nominate your favourite philosophical blogpost
…of the last year (that is, written after November the 9th 2013) here, before November the 17th. Unfortunately, only the 100 most voted posts will be evaluated. It would be nice if a post dealing with non-Western philosophy could be Continue reading You can nominate your favourite philosophical blogpost
The 169th Philosophers’ Carnival
The 169th Philosophers’ Carnival is online! Among several other interesting things, it has some lines on the interpretation of an alien Philosophy and on the Skholiast‘s contribution to the “doing philosophy in a polycentric world” debate (about which see also Continue reading The 169th Philosophers’ Carnival
Stephen Harris on Suffering and Buddhist Ethics
I just found out through Philpapers about a forthcoming article by “our” Stephen Harris, who perhaps might want to elaborate a little bit more about it here? The title is: Suffering and the Shape of Well-Being in Buddhist Ethics and Continue reading Stephen Harris on Suffering and Buddhist Ethics
168th Philosophers’ Carnival
The 168th version of the Philosophers’ Carnival, with a link to Anand Vaidya’s blogpost on modality in Indian philosophy, can be read here. Thanks to the reader(s) who pointed to Anand’s post! Keep on alerting the philosophers’ carnival website about Continue reading 168th Philosophers’ Carnival