A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
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
Cross-posted at Love of All Wisdom. I’ve been thinking lately about MacIntyre’s explanation of the Muslim philosopher ibn Sīnā and the ways in which ibn Sīnā’s concept of God requires us to rethink the entire world around us if we Continue reading ibn Sīnā and Śāntideva on the incompleteness of the world
Jacob P. Dalton. The Gathering of Intentions: A History of A Tibetan Tantra. xxvi + 246 pp.. New York: Columbia University Press. $ 60.00 (Hardcover). This book could be seen as a novel method of tracing the history of a Continue reading Book Review of The Gathering of Intentions: A History of a Tibetan Tantra by Jacob P. Dalton (Reviewed by Swami Narasimhananda)
[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
Dear readers and co-bloggers, a colleague of mine, who is professor of philosophy in the US and works on German and English philosophy, started studying Sanskrit about one year ago. He is now at the point where he would just Continue reading Sanskrit philosophical tandem?
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
Hello all I’m tasked with updating two online (OBO) bibliographies: one on Indian philosophy (in general 2011) and the other on Hindu philosophy (2016). To this end, I would appreciate suggestions regarding stand out publications from the last seven years Continue reading Request for Suggestions of Recent Publication on Indian or Hindu Philosophy
[Posted on behalf of Monima Chadha] AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY FOR ASIAN AND COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY ASACP CONFERENCE 2017 CALL FOR PAPERS The ASACP 2017 Conference will be held from 10-12 July 2017 at Deakin University, Deakin Downtown 727 Collins St, Melbourne, Australia. Continue reading ASCAP Conference 2017
Cross-posted at Love of All Wisdom. Śāntideva’s anti-political views are very commonly missed by Buddhist scholars today, especially constructive or theological ones, who are excited by the Engaged Buddhist embrace of political action. He is hardly alone among classical Indian Continue reading Disengaged Buddhism in the era of Trump
Our own Amod Lele will be giving a talk at a conference organized by Pierre-Julien Harter at the University of Utah, on April 21-22. The other philosophers there, and their talks may also be of interest to readers of this Continue reading Upcoming talks on Buddhism in Utah April 21-22