Description

This course is a graduate level introduction to comparative philosophy, which aims to train students on how to research, develop, present, and write scholarly papers in the area of comparative philosophy. Comparative philosophy is a large area of research. In this course the primary scope of comparison will be between Hindu, Jain, Buddhist philosophy and European and Anglo-American Philosophy. The main topics will fall in the areas of metaphysics, logic, and epistemology. Readings will come from Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and Contemporary sources of both traditions. Readings will include both primary source classical works and contemporary articles on Indian philosophy and comparative philosophy.

Course Documents

Documents

• Indian Philosophy Reading List by J. Ganeri [PDF]
• On Matilal's Understanding of Indian Philosophy by J. N Mohanty [PDF]
• How to Compare by Ralph Weber [PDF]
• Could David Hume have known about Buddhism? [PDF]
• The Realism of Universals in Plato and Nyaya by W. Rasmussen [PDF]
• Causality in the N-V School by B. Matilal [PDF]
• Formal Aspects of Causation by A.K Gangadean [PDF]
• Causality in Samkhya, Buddhist, and Nyaya by J. Shaw [PDF]
• Nagarjuna's Theory of Causality by J. Garfield [PDF]
• Causation, Humean Causation, and Emptiness by M. Siderits [PDF]
• No Black Scorpion is Falling by N. Guha [PDF]
• Nyaya on Cognition and Negation by J. Shaw [PDF]
• On What it is That Buddhist Think About by P. Patil [PDF]
• Dharmakirti's Apoha-Theory of Concept Formation by J. Dunne [PDF]
• Apoha Semantics by B. Hale [PDF]
• The Structure of Emptiness by G. Priest [PDF]
• De/limiting emptiness and the boundaries of the ineffable by D. Duckworth [PDF]
• A Criticism of M. Siderits and J. Garfields Semantic Interpretation of Nagarjuna's Theory of Two Truths by G. Ferraro [PDF]
• Outline of a Pedagogical Interpretation of Nagarjuna's Doctrine of Two Truths by G. Ferraro [PDF]
• Defending the Semantic Interpretation by M. Siderits and J. Garfield [PDF]
• Zeno and Nagarjuna on Motion by M. Siderits [PDF]
• Nagarjuna and Zeno on Motion by I. Mabbett [PDF]
• The Deceptive Simplicity of Nagarjuna's Argument Against Motion by D. Arnold [PDF]
• Buddhism in Contradiction by K. Tanaka [PDF]
• The Way of the Dialethist by J. Garfield and G. Priest [PDF]
• Rationality, Argumentation, and Embarrassment: A study of Cautoskoti in Buddhist Logic by V.K. Bharadwaja [PDF]
• Does A Table Have Buddha-Nature? by M. Siderits [PDF]
• The Logic of the Catuskoti by G. Priest [PDF]
• Introducing Indian Logic by B. K. Matilal [PDF]
• The Hindu Syllogism by J. Ganeri [PDF]
• Ancient Indian Logic as A Theory of Case Based Reasoning by J Ganeri [PDF]
• Ancient Indian Logic as A Theory of Non-Montonic Reasoning by C. Oetke [PDF]
• Is Indian Logic Non-Monotonic by J. Taber [PDF]
• The Jain Theory of Seven Fold Predication by P. Jain [PDF]
• The Concept of Avaktavya in Jainism by R.K. Tripathi [PDF]
• Jain Logic and the Foundation of Pluralism by J. Ganeri [PDF]
• Context-Sensitivity in Jain Philosophy by S. Rahman [PDF]
• Consciousness and Knowledge in Indian Philosophy by J. Mohanty [PDF]
• Skepticism and Indian Philosophy by D. Chatterjee [PDF]
• Pyrrhonism and Madhymaka by A. Kuzminski [PDF]
• Epoche and Skepticism East and West by J. Garfield [PDF]
• Padmapada's Illusion Argument by S. Phillips [PDF]
• Prajnakaragupta on the Two Truths and Argumentation by H. Kobayashi [PDF]
• Vasubandu's Illusion Argument by J. Feldman [PDF]
• An Indian Doctrine of Perception and Error by F. Thomas [PDF]
• Against Immaculate Perception by A. Chakrabarti [PDF]
• Seeing Without Recognizing by A. Chakrabarti [PDF]
• There is Nothing Wrong with Raw Perception by S. Phillips [PDF]
• Reply to S. Phillips by A. Chakrabarti [PDF]
• Perceiving Particulars Blindly by S. Phillips [PDF]
• Perceiving Particulars as such is Incoherent by M. Chadha [PDF]
• Contents of Experience by M. Chadha [PDF]
• Perceptual Cognition by M. Chadha [PDF]
• A Note on Nirvikalpaka and Savikalpaka Perception by J. Bronkhorst [PDF]
• Perception in Advaita Vedanta by P. Billimoria [PDF]
• Perceiving Particulars by M. Siderits [PDF]
• Buddhist Foundationalism and the Phenomenology of Perception by C. Coseru [PDF]
• Review of C. Coseru's Perceiving Reality by A. Chaturvedi [PDF]
• Parasitism and Disjunctivism in Nyaya Epistemology by M. Dasti [PDF]
• Nyaya Perceptual Theory: Disjunctivism or Anti-Individualism by A. Vaidya [PDF]
• The Problem of Other Minds in Buddhist Epistemology by M. Inamo [PDF]
• Freedom East and West by J. L Shaw [PDF]
• Buddhist Paleocompatibilism by M. Siderits [PDF]

Online Resources

Links

• Indian Philosophy Lectures by Satya Sundar Sethy
• Perceptual Experience and Concepts in Classical Indian Philosophy by M. Chadha
• Epistemology in Classical Indian Philosophy by S. Phillips
• Logic in Classical Indian Philosophy by B. Gillon
• Naturalism in Classical Indian Philosophy by A. Chatterjee
• Analytic Philosophy in Early Modern India by. J. Ganeri
• Language and Testimony in Classical Indian Philosophy by M. Deshpande
• The Concept of Emotion in Indian Philosophy by J. Tuske
• Nagarjuna's The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way