A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
I am fresh back from the “Buddhism and Social Justice” conference hosted by Leiden University, The Netherlands. This will be the first in what I hope will be a number of posts in the coming weeks about individual papers and Continue reading Trusting our sources: manuscripts, archaeology, and what we “cannot know”
(I have not forgotten that this is an “Indian Philosophy” blog, in case you are only reading the first sentence of this post…) The question of how we “do philosophy” is central to Plato’s Protagoras, where two models are on Continue reading Philosophy and Poetry? (A call for comparanda)
I was raised up believing I was somehow unique Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes, unique in each way you can see. And now after some thinking I’d say I’d rather be A functioning cog in some great machinery, serving Continue reading Welcome to the Machine
There are fields in which the contribution of applied ethics and deontics are more than needed, such as that of the programming of artificial intelligence connected to robots which might interact with human beings. Chaudhuri and Vardi (their article can Continue reading Possible applications of Mīmāṃsā deontics: on Chaudhuri and Vardi
Several years ago I had some pain in convincing a friend working on Husserl that the “phenomenologist” J. Mohanty which he knew too well was the same as the scholar of Sanskrit Philosophy J.N. Mohanty (I had similar problems in Continue reading Will the journey ever come to its goal? On Clooney 2013
As a scholar trained in Western Academia, one has at least three choices while dealing with Sanskrit Philosophy: One can treat it as if it were Western philosophy and discuss, e.g., of monotonic or non-monotonic logic in Nyāya, One can Continue reading Doing research on free will in Indian Philosophy
Once a month, I publish on my personal blog a post in Sanskrit. Last month, Matthew Dasti suggested to cross-post one here, too. Thus, if you enjoy what follows, praise Matthew, if you don’t blame me (or at least let Continue reading शब्दविषये रसेल(Russell)मत: संस्कृतायां वाचि निरूपितः
Globethics.net is a website “to ensure that people in all regions of the world are empowered to reflect and act on ethical issues”, creating a global digital library in ethics. Of particular interest to IPB readers, the site has a Continue reading Hindu ethics database at Globethics.net
On behalf of Alexus McLeod: (Please note especially the call for proposals regarding volumes on Indian philosophy.) Critical Overviews in Comparative Philosophy (Rowman and Littlefield International). http://www.rowmaninternational.com/news/critical-overviews-in-comparative-philosophy The Critical Overviews in Comparative Philosophy series aims to present detailed and inclusive Continue reading New Book Series in Comparative Philosophy
I like Matthew Dasti’s idea of describing “Indian Philosophy in One Paragraph,” and clearly it has generated a lot of interest and fruitful debate. I thought, however, of a different way of approaching the issue. Can we list the top Continue reading Indian Philosophers in One Paragraph