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Somehow, I thought I posted this, but it was left in my dashboard. Please forgive the delay. Issue 24.1 (January 2014) of AP is out. Articles of interest to our readers include: Monima Chadha, “A Buddhist Explanation of Episodic Memory: From Continue reading New Issue of Asian Philosophy
…or can one just say that his existence cannot be denied? During his commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra’s Vidhiviveka (henceforth VV), 1.14–15, Vācaspati Miśra focuses on the possibility of the existence of omniscients. Why so? Because the VV is a Mīmāṃsaka Continue reading Can one establish the existence of an omniscient?
Dear Fellow Scholars of Indian Philosophy I would like to draw your attention to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP). The IEP is a peer-reviewed online publication. I am the editor for its Indian Philosophy content. Many of the contributors Continue reading CFP: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
To have moral standing is to be the kind of thing that should be taken into account in ethical deliberation. Asking the question of moral standing raises the prospects of there being many kinds of things that count, and in Continue reading Moral Standing and Yoga
In a previous post, Indian Philosophers in One Paragraph, we discussed who should be included in a list of India’s all time great philosophers. People like Śaṅkara and Rāmānuja were included. Here I wanted to raise an issue that has Continue reading Philosophy and Theology – Let’s be clearer
As a scholar trained in Western Academia, one has at least three choices while dealing with Sanskrit Philosophy: One can treat it as if it were Western philosophy and discuss, e.g., of monotonic or non-monotonic logic in Nyāya, One can Continue reading Doing research on free will in Indian Philosophy
Tristan Haze (the organiser of the Philosophers’ Carnival) just informed me that we will host the May edition (the one to be posted around the 10th of May and covering approximately the time 10th of April–10th of May). A specific Continue reading Philosophers’ Carnival
Volume 41.1 of JIP is up, with a special issue on Shaiva Philosophy. Please see the following link for the contents and links to individual articles (subscription required for these).
The following is an announcement from the Indology mailing list that should be relevant, if not exciting, to visitors here: The Sanskrit Library seeks two post-doctoral research associates for two years, from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2016, to assist Continue reading Sanskrit Research Associates sought
If I leave aside the ones I liked primarily because I was interested in the topic, the first ones which come to my mind are: André Padoux’ review of Hindu Tantrism (by Sanjukta Gupta, Derk Jan Hoens, Teun Goudriaan), review Continue reading Which reviews did you like more?