A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
In September of last year, Andrew Nicholson posted a thread on Philosophy’s Western Bias, centered on Christian Coseru’s reflections on the systemic marginalization of non-Western thought in our discipline. One important subtheme of the ensuing discussions was the way that Continue reading A Detailed Critique of the Philosophical Gourmet Report, care of the Daily Nous
From dailynous: Jonardon Ganeri (NYU) is the winner of the 2015 Infosys Prize in the humanities category. It is the first time a philosopher has won this prize. The jury panel, headed by Harvard professor and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, Continue reading Congratulations to Jonardon Ganeri
Ashoka University (http://www.ashoka.edu.in/) is looking for a visiting Professor (any rank) or visiting Lecturer for the Spring Term of 2016 to teach at least one course on Indian Philosophy. There will also be the chance, should the successful candidate like Continue reading Visiting Professor or Lecturer in Indian Philosophy at Ashoka University
In the last week, two students have asked me about the distinction between jñā- and vid- and this made me think that it might be worth adding a new section to Andrew’s collaborative enterprise (see here and here) of mapping Continue reading Keywords: jnā– and vid–
The Philosophy Meets Cultural Diversity Conference has now ended. And I wanted to return to Malcolm Keating’s Questions. I won’t address his questions directly, although some of what I say will hit on issues his questions raise. I will begin by Continue reading Philosophy and Cultural Diversity: A Follow Up On Keating’s Questions
Introduction Recently, we—Elisa Freschi and Malcolm Keating—set about organizing a panel for the upcoming ATINER panel. We aimed for a panel which would include significant numbers of women, using suggestions from the Gendered Conference Campaign (GCC) published on the Feminist Philosophers website to Continue reading The Gendered Conference Campaign and Panel Organizing
There is a western bias in contemporary logic and critical thinking education, especially in the textbooks that are most often used to teach these courses at most institutions in the USA. This bias can corrected for by adding in material Continue reading Cross-Cultural Critical Thinking: We need it now!
Please welcome Anand Jayprakash Vaidya as a new contributor to the Indian Philosophy Blog! Anand is the Director of the Center for Comparative Philosophy at San Jose State University in California. He did his undergraduate work at UCLA focusing on Continue reading New Contributor
Malcolm was just hired by the Yale-NUS College.Congratulations to Malcolm! If you have a minute, maybe you could tell our readers what Yale-NUS is like or how you expect life to be over there. [Note: this post was slightly edited Continue reading Congratulations to Malcolm Keating
Friends, following the practice of Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, I try to make a point to personally contact qualified reviewers for work on Indian philosophy for Philosophy East and West, while avoiding open calls for reviews. That said, I am in possession Continue reading Soliciting reviews for Philosophy East and West