A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
As the Indian Philosophy Blog Book Review Editor, I would like to invite scholars in the field to write book reviews for the blog. I’ve listed a few possible books for review here, but please contact me if you have Continue reading Book Reviews for the Blog
Here’s the announcement for an associate or full professorship in Leiden’s department of philosophy. Particular interest in Chinese philosophy, but applications from any Asian tradition are encouraged. http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/wetenschappelijke-functies/16-277-leiden-university-vacancies-full-or-associate-professor-of-comparative-philosophy-.html
(As a consequence of the discussion which took place here, Debajyoti Gangopadhyay updated the structure and concept of the “dialog” project.) Description: This Dialog mission is intended basically to make sense of a single question, which started getting shaped since Continue reading Dialog across Traditions (part I)
What makes a text a “commentary”? The question is naif enough to allow for a complicated answer. First of all, let me note the obvious: There is not a single word for “commentary” in Sanskrit, where one needs to distinguish Continue reading What is a commentary? And how the Nyāyamañjarī and the Seśvaramīmāṃsā do (not) fit the definition UPDATED
Prasanta Bandyopadhyay is putting together a panel on classical Indian philosophy for the central meeting of the American Philosophical Association this March. He is eager to populate it with qualified speakers. Time is of the essence here, however. If anyone is Continue reading Panel at the 2017 Central APA on Classical Indian Philosophy
The American Council of Learned Societies and the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation have announced a series of fellowships for scholars at all levels from dissertation research to senior-level scholars, and grants to help endow new faculty chairs in Buddhist studies. Continue reading Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
As a result of a recent conversation with Roy Perrett, I had a question. (Incidentally, many of you will know, but some may not, that Roy Perrett’s ‘Introduction to Indian Philosophy’, Cambridge University Press, has been out since the beginning of Continue reading dravya and avayavin in Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika
In a previous blog (August 2014, ‘Second Day at the IABS: Pramāṇavāda’), Elisa kindly gave a summary of the paper I gave on ‘Contrasting Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika and Buddhist Explanations of Attention’ at the Vienna IABS conference. I’ve written up the paper Continue reading Contrasting Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika and Buddhist Explanations of Attention
Matt Dasti is Associate Professor at Bridgewater State University in the Philosophy Department and one of the bloggers here at the IPB. Matt works mainly in Nyāya–he has a forthcoming translation with Stephen Phillips of portions of the Nyāya-sūtras and Continue reading An interview with Matt Dasti
Volume 44, Issue 4, September 2016 Please use this link to see the full contents.