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On the possibility and nature of neurophilosophical study of Indic traditions. A Guest Post by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

Posted on 25 August 2014 by elisa freschi — 7 Comments ↓

[Note that this talk was delivered in the presence of the Dalai Lama and a large non-specialist audience, on the specific issue of ‘contemplative studies’ and neuroscience; hence the particular angle of approach. The issues in the main do pertain Continue reading On the possibility and nature of neurophilosophical study of Indic traditions. A Guest Post by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad→

Hindu Philosophy in the NY Times!

Posted on 4 August 2014 by Andrew Nicholson — 27 Comments ↓

Our colleague Jonardon Ganeri has an interview with Gary Gutting on the Old Gray Lady’s website. Does this mean that Indian philosophy has gone mainstream? A link is here: http://nyti.ms/1okPBHC

Matilal vs. Radhakrishnan

Posted on 8 June 2014 by Amod Lele — 3 Comments ↓

A little while ago, Matthew Dasti provided a fascinating glimpse into the recent, 20th-century history of “Indian philosophy” – not the doing of it but the studying of it, the history of “secondary work” into Indian philosophy. Since Westerners have Continue reading Matilal vs. Radhakrishnan→

163rd Philosophers’ Carnival

Posted on 9 May 2014 by elisa freschi — 2 Comments ↓

We are very happy to be hosting the Philosophers’ Carnival here for the first time and hope that readers will not feel too much baffled by the Indian philosophy milieu. Here is our selection of this month’s philosophical blogs: Epistemology Continue reading 163rd Philosophers’ Carnival→

The 162nd Philosophers’ Carnival

Posted on 17 April 2014 by elisa freschi — No Comments ↓

The most amusing version of the Philosophers’ Carnival I know of is here! With a reference to Jonathan Edelmann’s piece on Theology and Philosophy in the Indian context which you can read on our blog. The next edition of the Continue reading The 162nd Philosophers’ Carnival→

Karma: The Lecture

Posted on 4 April 2014 by Chris Framarin — 9 Comments ↓

Here is a link to a lecture on karma that I give in my Introduction to Asian Religions course at The University of Calgary. This is also a topic that I’m writing some papers on, with the hope of eventually Continue reading Karma: The Lecture→

Will the journey ever come to its goal? On Clooney 2013

Posted on 21 March 2014 by elisa freschi — 6 Comments ↓

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→

Was Yāmuna the real founder of Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta? (On Mesquita 1971 and 1973)

Posted on 14 March 2014 by elisa freschi — 4 Comments ↓

Yāmuna (967–1038 according to Mesquita 1973) is one of the chief figures of the philosophy later known as Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta. In fact, to me one of the most intriguing questions regards his role in the formation of this school. It Continue reading Was Yāmuna the real founder of Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta? (On Mesquita 1971 and 1973)→

Philosophy and Theology – Let’s be clearer

Posted on 7 March 2014 by Jonathan Edelmann — 19 Comments ↓

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→

Doing research on free will in Indian Philosophy

Posted on 3 March 2014 by elisa freschi — 30 Comments ↓

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→