A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
This article came out a little while ago, in India’s Seminar magazine. But it’s well worth highlighting here. Alex reflects on the ways that textual scholarship, philosophical reflection, and historical reconstruction intersect in the study of Indian philosophy. Link: http://www.india-seminar.com/2015/671/671_alex_watson.htm
Peter Adamason’s podcast series, History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps has been developing a subsection on Indian philosophy for the last year and a half or so. It is worth looking at. Consider, for example, this episode, where our own Elisa Freschi Continue reading History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
Regular blog readers may remember my earlier posts that I was co-editing, along with Prasanta Bandyopadhyay, the Fall 2017 edition of the APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies. The theme of the issue is “B. K. Matilal: The Continue reading APA Newsletter on B. K. Matilal Now Available!
The following, fascinating book from Vrinda Dalmiya is available to be reviewed for Philosophy East and West: Caring to Know, Comparative Care Ethics, Feminist Epistemology, and the Mahabharata, OUP 2016 Link here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/caring-to-know-9780199464760?cc=us&lang=en& If anyone is interested, please send me an Continue reading Soliciting a book review for PEW
From Andrew Nicholson: I have some exciting news to report: Arindam Chakrabarti of U Hawaii has accepted a position at Stony Brook as the inaugural Nirmal and Augustina Mattoo Chair of Classical Indic Humanities. His principal appointment will be in Continue reading Arindam Chakrabarti to SUNY Stony Brook
Friends, Elisa kindly asked me to note when Stephen and my Nyāyasūtra volume was available for purchase (and not just preorder). It is now. Thanks, Elisa. If anyone is interested, you can find it here: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/philosophy/the-nyaya-sutra Hackett has $4.00 examination copies Continue reading Nyāyasūtra translation is now available
Dear All, this is a draft of a course summary. I will be teaching it with a Western philosopher in spring 2018. We want to focus on Indian and Western philosophy of mind and some basics in epistemology. We’ll also Continue reading Cosmopolitan Philosophy: Western and Indian Philosophy in 20th century Oxford University
Scholars of all types of philosophy are fond of referring to philosophical traditions. But what does this mean? What counts as a tradition? In the Indian context one way to discuss a tradition is with the word darśana, which literally means Continue reading What Counts as a Tradition in Indian Philosophy?: The Case of Skepticism
[From Monima Chadha] Australasian Philosophical Review (APR), Vol 2 Issue 1: Attention in Philosophy of Mind Curator: Monima Chadha Lead Author: Jonardon Ganeri, “Mental Time Travel and Attention” Invited commentaries from: John Taber, Dan Zahavi, and Susanna Siegel & Nicholas Silins. Continue reading Australasian Philosophical Review (APR), Vol 2 Issue 1: Attention in Philosophy of Mind
Recently I tried to gather, on my own, information about which small liberal arts colleges (SLACs) in the United States teach Sanskrit. I was unable to find any centralized place where such a list is kept. Through some Googling, I was Continue reading Teaching Sanskrit at SLACs