History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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HPI 36 - Fine Grained Analysis - Kanada's Vaisesika-Sutra Feb 19, 2017

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The Vaiśeṣika school offers a metaphysical analysis of the world and an atomistic physics.

HPI 35 - Ujjwala Jha and V.N. Jha on Nyaya Feb 05, 2017

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Prof Jha and Prof Jha discuss the theories and later influence of the Nyāya school.

HPI 34 - The Truth Shall Set You Free - Nyaya on the Mind Jan 22, 2017

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Nyāya proposes that each of us has both a self and a mind, in addition to the body.

HPI 33 - Standard Deductions - Nyaya on Reasoning Jan 08, 2017

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Gautama and his commentators tell us how to separate good inferences from bad ones.

HPI 32 - What You See Is What You Get - Nyaya on Perception Dec 25, 2016

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Nyāya philosophers explain how perception can bring us knowledge.

HPI 31 - Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire - Gautama’s Nyaya-Sutra Dec 11, 2016

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The Nyāya-Sūtra inaugurates a tradition of logical and epistemological analysis.

HPI 30 - Philipp Maas on Yoga Nov 27, 2016

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A leading expert on the founding text of Yoga tells us why, when, and by whom it was written.

HPI 29 - Practice Makes Perfect - Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra Nov 13, 2016

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Yoga as presented by Patañjali offers a practical complement to the Sāṃkhya theory of the cosmos and the self.

HPI 28 - Who Wants to Live Forever? - Early Ayurvedic Medicine Oct 30, 2016

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Philosophical aspects of Ayurveda, focusing on the oldest surviving medical treatise, the Caraka-Samhita.

HPI 27 - The Theory of Evolution - Isvarakrsna’s Samkhya-karika Oct 16, 2016

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The oldest treatise of Sāṃkhya enumerates the principles of the cosmos and of the human mind.