A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
It is good news indeed that the University of Toronto will be hiring a specialist in Indian philosophy. The application deadline is November 1. I am posting this on behalf of Ajay Rao. https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1580407/assistant-professor-south-asian-philosophy/ Assistant Professor – South Asian Philosophy Continue reading Tenure-Track Position at the University of Toronto
Anand Jayprakash Vaidya, Director of the Center for Comparative Philosophy at San Jose State University, California Recently, two pieces of mine have come out in publication. First, an interview of me in 3AM Magazine by Richard Marshall called Hindu Syllogisms Continue reading An Apology and Clarification
Malcolm has kindly alerted the Blog about the spate of recent 3AM Magazine interviews with philosophers who focus on India. But humility has likely prevented him from noting his own. So I am happy to do so. Please find the interview here: https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/indian-philosophy-of-language/ There Continue reading 3AM Interview with Malcolm Keating
Another 3AM Magazine interview related to Indian philosophy: with Jan Westerhoff at Oxford University. (Note that according to Richard Marshall, you can expect several more such interviews in the coming months.) In this interview, Westerhoff talks about why he thinks Continue reading 3am interview with Jan Westerhoff
The online magazine 3AM just published an interview with Anand Jayprakash Vaidya, which ranges from discussion of his personal journey through philosophy to the so-called “Hindu Syllogism” to seeing absences to “cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary philosophy” and more. Vaidya does a Continue reading 3am interview with Anand Vaidya (and related links)
One of the main advantages of dealing with worldviews other than the one you grew up in is the fact that you are exposed to doubts and alternatives. One of such cases regards the nebulous category of religion (to which Continue reading Alternative theisms and atheisms (part 1)
Pre-orders are now available for a book by one of our bloggers, Ethan Mills (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga). Ethan Mills: Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Harsa, Lexington Books, 262 Continue reading Book announcement: Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India by Ethan Mills
Jan Westerhoff: The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy (The Oxford History of Philosophy), Oxford University Press, 352 pages, 978-0198732662 From the publisher: Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, Continue reading Book announcement: The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy by Jan Westerhoff
The 50th annual Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP) conference will take place in Kraków, Poland June 8-11, 2018. This year’s conference theme is “Power and Creativity.” The conference is hosted by the Pedagogical University of Cracow and co-organized Continue reading Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Conference, Kraków, Poland (June 8-11, 2018)
If you are the sort of person who reads comparative philosophy blogs, you probably remember the widely read New York Times article that Jay Garfield and Bryan Van Norden wrote two years ago, calling for the study of non-Western philosophies Continue reading Making the case for non-Western philosophy