A new Open Access Philosophy Journal (and some general comments thereon)
Where should one publish? The question is less easy than it seems,
Category Archives: Methodology
Trusting our sources: manuscripts, archaeology, and what we “cannot know”
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”
Philosophy and Poetry? (A call for comparanda)
(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)
Some Remarks on the Mode of Argumentation in Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit works on philosophy are full of arguments with rival schools. And there is one point in these arguments that seems a bit puzzling. It was quite natural, that one tried to dismiss the rival opinion. And of course the Continue reading Some Remarks on the Mode of Argumentation in Indian Philosophy
Philosophy and Theology – Let’s be clearer
In a previous post, Indian Philosophers in One Paragraph, we discussed who should be included in a list of India’s all time great philosophers. People like Śaṅkara and Rāmānuja were included. Here I wanted to raise an issue that has Continue reading Philosophy and Theology – Let’s be clearer
Which reviews did you like more?
If I leave aside the ones I liked primarily because I was interested in the topic, the first ones which come to my mind are: André Padoux’ review of Hindu Tantrism (by Sanjukta Gupta, Derk Jan Hoens, Teun Goudriaan), review Continue reading Which reviews did you like more?
Can there be harmless periodisations? On Oetke 2013
(I beg again your pardon for the lack of diacritics) The fore-last essay (called Classification and Periodization of Indian Philosophical Traditions: Some Conceptual and Theoretical Aspects) in Franco’s Periodization and Historiography of Indian Philosophy, by Claus Oetke, raises very general Continue reading Can there be harmless periodisations? On Oetke 2013
Garfield vs. Ganeri on Indian Modernity
Apropos of some of the conversations we’ve been having here lately, there is a discussion between Jay Garfield and Jonardon Ganeri in the latest issue of The Philosophical Quarterly, on the question of modernity and Indian philosophy. The context is Garfield’s review Continue reading Garfield vs. Ganeri on Indian Modernity
Indian Philosophers in One Paragraph
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
Scripture, authority and reason —About a new book edited by Vincent Eltschinger and Helmut Krasser
How do reason and authority interact and trace each other’s boundaries? Which one is the first to be allowed to delimit its territory and, by means of that, also the other one’s one?