History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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**History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China**

Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers, and Karyn Lai to represent the philosophical traditions of ancient India, Africa and the African diaspora, and classical China. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net.

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HPI 46 - No Four Ways About It - Nagarjuna’s Tetralemma Jul 09, 2017

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

HPI 45 - Motion Denied - Nagarjuna on Change Jun 25, 2017

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

HPI 44 - It All Depends - Nagarjuna on Emptiness Jun 11, 2017

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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 May 28, 2017

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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 May 14, 2017

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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 Apr 30, 2017

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

HPI 40 - Mind out of Matter - Materialist Theories of the Self Apr 16, 2017

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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 Apr 02, 2017

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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 Mar 19, 2017

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

HPI 37 - The Whole Story - Vaisesika on Complexity and Causation Mar 05, 2017

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

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