A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
My previous post looked at Elisa’s discussion of a seeming contradiction in Kumārila. In this post I attempt to give my own answer to the question that Elisa saw as prompted by that seeming contradiction: Does Kumārila accept that the Continue reading Is I-cognition for Kumārila a kind of perception?
Suguru Ishimura and I are currently preparing a heavily annotated English translation of Ślokavārttika ātmavāda, verses 107–139, the section concerned with I-cognition (ahampratyaya). The translation is to appear in a Kumārila Reader, edited by Elisa Freschi and Nilanjan Das. After Continue reading Is there a seeming contradiction in Kumārila’s account of I-cognition?
Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (KCB) has been India’s foremost twentieth-century philosopher and is considered the father of contemporary Indian philosophy (CIP). His works have been dense, and scholars have often struggled to unravel the true depth of his philosophical acumen. One such Continue reading Subject as Freedom: A Contemporary Translation
We recently received this call for papers for the University of New Mexico Asian Philosophy Graduate Conference, which will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA) on Oct. 30-31, 2025. The deadline for submitting abstracts is June 1, 2025. More Continue reading CFP: University of New Mexico Asian Philosophy Graduate Conference (Oct. 30-31, 2025)
My thanks to Dr. Satyan Sharma for carefully considering my paper and for reaching out to discuss the analysis of saṃskāras, vāsanās, and karmāśayas in the Yogaśāstra (YŚ).[1] I find this discussion especially important, because it challenges the widespread assumption Continue reading Against Karma as Habits of Action: A Reply to Satyan Sharma
Dr. Matthew LoPresti (Hawaii Pacific University) recently informed me of this fellowship opportunity, which is sponsored by the University of California, Irvine. A summary from the call for applications: The University of California, Irvine (UCI) Program in Religious Studies supports Continue reading Process Studies and South Asia Fellowship (applications due 30 June 2024)
It was only two weeks ago, it was only a day after the fact, that I, along with many others, learned of the death of a giant in modern philosophy. Equally significant for his illumination of the thought of Edmund Continue reading Some Memories of My Teacher, J.N. Mohanty
Douglas L. Berger. Indian and Intercultural Philosophy: Personhood, Consciousness, and Causality. viii + 231 pp., London, New York, and Dublin: Bloomsbury Academic. 2021. $115 (hardback). In the introduction of Indian and Intercultural Philosophy Berger notes: “In certain respects, a number Continue reading Book Review of Indian and Intercultural Philosophy: Personhood, Consciousness, and Causality by Douglas L. Berger (Reviewed by Chris Rahlwes)
The message below has been sent to us by Prof. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad (thanks, Ram!). Dear all, I would like to bring to your notice a new post in Comparative and Non-Western Thought, in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Continue reading Comparative and Non-Western thought position, Lancaster
Please see the following announcement of two post-doc fellowships in the Philosophy department at Ashoka University: Indian Philosophy is one of the areas that the committee is particularly interested in. I apologize that I did not post this earlier, as Continue reading 2-year Post-Doc Fellowships at Ashoka University