A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
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.
Inspired by the various interviews with philosophers here and on the Internet at large, I’m starting a series here at the Indian philosophy blog. The goal is to introduce readers to a wide range of scholars working on Indian philosophy. Due Continue reading An interview with Shalini Sinha: first in an occasional series
On behalf of Karl-Stephan Bouthillette, main conference organizer: On Friday 22 July, LMU (Munich) welcomed Prof. Ujjwala Jha and Prof. V.N. Jha, two well known Indian Nyāya and Mīmāṃsā scholars, to discuss the Yoga Sūtras. It is a rare event Continue reading Recent conference on Yoga at Munich
An important historical shift in Indian aesthetics is from concern with the character as the locus of emotional responses (anubhāvas) to the spectator or “audience” as the locus. Andrew Ollett provides a concise reflection on that shift. In his Ten Continue reading Andrew Ollett’s remarks on the location of affective responses
Please see the following link for a new PhD program that combines philosophy of mind/cognitive science with an investigation of first-person methodologies of meditational practice. Funding is available for students. http://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb05philosophie/files/2013/04/MAP.pdf
I’d like to call your attention to a new job opening for an endowed position at Stony Brook University, the Mattoo Chair in Classical Indic Humanities. Click on the link below for details, and please feel free to to notify Continue reading Job Announcement: Mattoo Chair in Classical Indic Humanities
Over at Daily Nous, Justin Weinberg points to a website, created by Derek Bowman, that is hosting a series of interviews with “free range” philosophers, people who are academically trained as philosophers but have chosen to do something else with Continue reading Interview with a “free range” Indian philosopher
Over at History of Philosophy without any Gaps, Peter Adamson, with Jonardon Ganeri, has been running a series on Indian Philosophy. The last few weeks have focused on Mīmāṃsā, and the IPB’s Elisa Freschi has been assisting with the episodes. Continue reading Quick Note – History of Philosophy Podcast on Mīmāṃsā
I have a small backlog of books for review for Philosophy East and West. If anyone is interested in writing a review, please send me an email expressing interest, and if we don’t know each other, please kindly send me Continue reading Books for Review for Philosophy East and West