New Issue of the Journal of Indian Philosophy
Journal of Indian Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 4 (September 2014) is now available. For table of contents with links to each article (behind a paywall), see this link.
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Comment on Lele’s “The Compassionate Gift of Vice” (Journal of Buddhist Ethics Vol 20. 2013).
I was glad to see that Amod Lele had published an article in The Journal of Buddhist Ethics expressing some of the central conclusions of his dissertation. The article, “The Compassionate Gift of Vice: Śāntideva on Gifts, Altruism and Poverty” Continue reading Comment on Lele’s “The Compassionate Gift of Vice” (Journal of Buddhist Ethics Vol 20. 2013).
Is interdisciplinarity easier for scholars of South Asian studies? On the 5th Coffee Break Conference
Last week in Rome the 5th Coffee Break Conference took place. During his introductory speech our Andrew Ollett asked why was such a project, with an explicit emphasis on a interdisciplinary approach, born exactly among scholars and students of South Continue reading Is interdisciplinarity easier for scholars of South Asian studies? On the 5th Coffee Break Conference
Feedback requested for book idea
Friends, Anand Vaidya asked me for feedback on a book proposal for readings in Indian philosophy. I told him that perhaps the blog members could give their two cents and he said that would be a good idea. So, what Continue reading Feedback requested for book idea
Book Notice: Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the Non-Human
A new collection of essays on Animal Ethics in Asian Traditions, many of which deal with Buddhist and Hindu material. Description and contents below. Dalal, Neil and Taylor, Chloe. 2014. Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the Non-Human (London: Routledge). Continue reading Book Notice: Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the Non-Human
Returning to the topic of the journal Asian Philosophy
Someone had raised some questions on an earlier post about the journal Asian Philosophy. Does Asian Philosophy subject papers to blind review? I have seen a lot of good articles in Asian Philosophy over the past two years, but this Continue reading Returning to the topic of the journal Asian Philosophy
Need some information: graduate students and Hindu Theology/Phil Religion
Friends, I’ve been asked to see if there are any graduate students who work in Indian Philosophy of religion, particularly of a broadly theistic sort, and/or philosophical theology, who are competent to talk with analytic philosophers of religion and share Continue reading Need some information: graduate students and Hindu Theology/Phil Religion