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Earlier this year I examined the classic Pali Milindapañhā dialogue and its claim that while one can speak of oneself as a “convention” (vohāra), ultimately (paramattha) a person is not found. I referred in passing to the Visuddhimagga (Path of Continue reading Buddhaghosa on seeing things as they are (1)
What makes a philosopher great? Edited by Stephen Hetherington. While this has far more western thinkers than non-Western on the list, it does have an essay by Jonardon Ganeri on Buddhaghoṣa. Epistemology for the rest of the world. Edited by Stephen Stich, Continue reading Two interesting works on global philosophy to keep our eyes on
I just received word from Sara D. Connor at the University of California, Irvine that there is a new undergraduate journal seeking submissions in various areas of philosophy, including Indian philosophy. You can see the details in the message below. Continue reading Falsafa: UC Irvine Undergraduate Philosophy Journal
Friends, I am looking for your thoughts on the following question. I teach a course on Indian philosophy as part of my own course rotation, and as a rule, I frame most of the major subdivisions of the course according Continue reading What about the other three puruṣārthas?
My friend, a philosopher, who was going to participate in this conference, asked me to spread news of the following: https://thewire.in/education/objecting-to-papers-on-adivasi-religion-government-body-cans-philosophy-meet
Sangeetha Menon from Bangalore, NIAS, and Marzenna Jakubczak have asked me to promote a call for PhD students positions. All young scholars who are interested in Kashmir Saivism or Indigenous Healing Practices are welcome to apply. The application, as can Continue reading Call for PhD positions, Bengaluru
This interview, part of an occasional series, was conducted by email with Prof. Prabal Kumar Sen, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at a conference in Kolkata this January, 2018. Prof. Sen is a well-known scholar of especially, but Continue reading An interview with Prabal Kumar Sen
Via Warp, Weft, and Way, from the editor of British Journal of History of Philosophy on its 25th anniversary (bolding is mine): As we move forward, what we would like to promote, above all, is more work on non-Western philosophy, Continue reading British Journal of History of Philosophy and “Non-Western” Philosophy
In my previous post about the way the mind’s automatic processes get things wrong (and how that point is important to Buddhists), I turned to the experiments of Daniel Kahneman (and Amos Tversky) on false cognition. I claimed that the Continue reading Of psychological depths
The post which follows is part of the occasional series here at the Indian Philosophy blog in which contemporary philosophers and scholars discuss their work. I had the opportunity to have an informal conversation with Roy Perrett during a trip Continue reading An interview with Roy Perrett