A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
The 3AM magazine continues with its new series (1, 2, 3) of interviews of philosophers working in Indian thought, in an interview with Ramkrishna Bhattacharya (at the Pavlov Institute, Kolkata) about his work on Cārvāka. In this interview, Bhattacharya discusses the Continue reading 3AM interview with Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
Review by our own contributor Malcolm Keating. Indian philosophy has a history of sophisticated linguistic analysis (Pāṇini’s grammar being the usual example), which includes theories of reference, polysemy, ellipsis, sentential unity, figurative language, and more. Roy Tzohar’s A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory Continue reading NDPR Review of Roy Tzohar’s A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor
From the publisher: Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad offers illuminating new perspectives on contemporary phenomenological theories of body and subjectivity, based on studies of classical Indian texts that deal with bodily subjectivity. Examining four texts from different genres – a medical handbook, epic Continue reading Book Announcement: Human Being, Bodily Being by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Ayon Maharaj, Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality: Sri Ramakrishna and Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion, New York: Oxford University Press, 350 pages, 978-0-19-086823-9. The book will be published on October 1, 2018. For more details and a pre-order discount, please Continue reading Book announcement: Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality by Ayon Maharaj
My project on disengaged Buddhism has now been submitted to a journal. It’s undergone several revisions by this point. One of the most important such revisions was suggested unanimously by BU’s magnificent CURA seminar. In an earlier draft had attempted Continue reading The psychological case for disengaged Buddhism
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)