History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

HPI 61 - What Happened Next - Indian Philosophy After Dignaga 04.03.2018 23:47 ↓

A whirlwind tour of developments in Indian philosophy after Dignāga and a few words about the contemporary relevance of the tradition.

HPI 60 - The Buddha and I - Indian Influence on Islamic and European Thought 18.02.2018 21:00 ↓

The impact of ancient Indian thought upon the Muslim scholar al-Bīrūnī and upon European thinkers like Hume, Hegel, and Schopenhauer.

HPI 59 - Looking East - Indian Influence on Greek Thought 04.02.2018 22:55 ↓

Did Indian ideas play a role in shaping ancient Greek philosophy?

HPI 58 - Amber Carpenter on Animals in Indian Philosophy 21.01.2018 26:06 ↓

An interview with Amber Carpenter about the status of nonhuman animals in ancient Indian philosophy and literature.

HPI 57 - Learn by Doing - Tantra 07.01.2018 20:40 ↓

Philosophy is put into practice in Kashmir Śaivite Tantra and Buddhist Tantra.

HPI 56 - Who’s Pulling Your Strings? - Buddhaghosa 24.12.2017 19:54 ↓

Buddhaghosa, a major figure in the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, argues against the need for a self to control and coordinate mental activities.

HPI 55 - Doors of Perception - Dignaga on Consciousness 10.12.2017 18:27 ↓

Dignāga argues that all perception is accompanied by self-awareness.

HPI 54 - Graham Priest on Logic and Buddhism 26.11.2017 46:45 ↓

Graham Priest joins Peter to discuss non-classical logic and its connections with Buddhist patterns of reasoning.

HPI 53 - Follow the Evidence - Dignaga's Logic 12.11.2017 23:49 ↓

Dignāga’s trairūpya theory, which sets out the three conditions required for making reliable inferences.

HPI 52 - Under Construction - Dignaga on Perception and Language 29.10.2017 23:06 ↓

The great Buddhist thinker Dignāga argues that general concepts and language are mere constructions superimposed on perception.

HPI 51 - Change of Mind - Vasubandhu and Yogacara Buddhism 15.10.2017 21:05 ↓

Vasubandhu’s path to Yogācāra Buddhism, a form of idealism which holds that nothing can be mind-independent.

HPI 50 - Marie-Hélène Gorisse on Jain Epistemology 01.10.2017 32:10 ↓

We're joined by Marie-Hélène Gorisse for a look at the Jain theory of knowledge.

HPI 49 - Well Qualified - the Jains on Truth 17.09.2017 18:13 ↓

Does the Jain theory of seven predications (saptabhaṇgī) land them in self-contradiction, or help them to avoid it?

HPI 48 - Taking Perspective - the Jain Theory of Standpoints 06.08.2017 20:36 ↓

The Jain theory of standpoints or non-onesidedness (anekāntavāda) makes truth a matter of perspective.

HPI 47 - Jan Westerhoff on Nagarjuna 23.07.2017 36:31 ↓

A discussion with Jan Westerhoff, an expert on the great Buddhist thinker Nāgārjuna.

HPI 46 - No Four Ways About It - Nagarjuna’s Tetralemma 09.07.2017 20:43 ↓

Nāgārjuna’s four-fold argument scheme, the tetralemma (catuṣkoṭi).

HPI 45 - Motion Denied - Nagarjuna on Change 25.06.2017 23:21 ↓

Nāgārjuna applies his emptiness theory to motion, change, and cognition.

HPI 44 - It All Depends - Nagarjuna on Emptiness 11.06.2017 21:38 ↓

Nāgārjuna founds the Madhyāmaka (“middle way”) Buddhist tradition by “relinquishing all views” and arguing that everything is “empty.”

HPI 43 - We Beg to Differ - the Buddhists and Jains 28.05.2017 20:46 ↓

An introduction to philosophical developments in Buddhism and Jainism up to the time of Dignāga in the sixth century AD.

HPI 42 - In Good Taste - The Aesthetics of Rasa 14.05.2017 20:57 ↓

Bharata’s Nāṭya-Śāstra and later works from Kashmir explore the idea of rasa, an emotional response to drama, music, and poetry.

HPI 41 - Monima Chadha on Indian Philosophy of Mind 30.04.2017 29:42 ↓

Monima Chadha takes Peter through Buddhist-Hindu debates over mind and self.

HPI 40 - Mind out of Matter - Materialist Theories of the Self 16.04.2017 19:42 ↓

Pāyasi and the Cārvāka anticipate modern-day theories of mind by arguing that there is no independent soul; rather thought emerges from the body.

HPI 39 - The Wolf’s Footprint - Indian Naturalism 02.04.2017 19:44 ↓

The Cārvāka or Lokāyata tradition rejects the efficacy of ritual and belief in the afterlife, and restricts knowledge to the realm of sense-perception.

HPI 38 - A Day in the Life - Theories of Time 19.03.2017 21:44 ↓

Ancient Indian cosmology and the Vaiśeṣika defense of the reality of time and space.

HPI 37 - The Whole Story - Vaisesika on Complexity and Causation 05.03.2017 22:42 ↓

The Vaiśeṣika response to Buddhist skepticism about wholes made up of parts.