Sutras & Stuff: A Philosophy Podcast

In this episode, I talk with Jay Garfield, Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, about the Buddhist philosopher Candrakirti and how teaching Indian philosophy at Yale-NUS impacted his understanding of Western philosophers like Hume.

Further Resources

Jay Garfield’s website: https://jaygarfield.org/ 

David Hume:

https://plato.stanford...

In this episode, I talk with Christine Tan, Philosophy Lecturer at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, about Indian materialism, skepticism, and overlaps with Chinese Philosophy.

Further Resources

Christine Tan’s website: https://tanchristineabigail.com/

Guo Xiang: https://iep.utm.edu/guoxiang/

Cārvāka: https://iep.utm...

In this episode, I talk with Kathryn Muyskens, Philosophy Lecturer at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, about the Buddhist philosopher Shantideva and bioethics, health care, and compassion.

Further Resources

Kathryn Muyskens’ papers on Philpapers: https://philpeople.org/profiles/kathryn-muyskens

Shantideva:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/shantideva/

https://iep.utm...

Content note: There's one instance of the "F-word" in English towards the end of the interview.

In this episode, I talk with Andrew Bailey, Associate Professor of philosophy at Yale-NUS College in Singapore about the Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna and analytic metaphysics, Gandhi on technology, and Nyaya philosophers on inference.

Further Resources

Andrew Bailey’s website: https://www.andrewmbailey.com/

Nagarjuna: https://plato.stanford...

In this episode, I talk with Bryan Van Norden, Professor of philosophy at Vassar College in the United States about how he came to Indian philosophy, what he enjoys about teaching it, as well as connections between ideas about knowing in Indian and Chinese philosophy.

Further Resources

Bryan Van Norden’s website: http://www.bryanvannorden.com/

“Less Commonly Taught Philosophies” bibliography: http://www.bryanvannorden...

How does a 9th century Nyaya philosopher addresses the intersection of religious conflict and ruling power in India? Are feelings of offense reason to exclude certain religious practices? What lessons can we take from Nyaya philosophers on religious toleration, and are they internally consistent here?

To read the whole play, get the Clay Sanskrit Library translation of Much Ado about Religion by Csaba Dezsö, published 2005 by NYU Press. https://nyupress...

Join our hero Sankarshana as he travels around the kingdom, vanquishing foes...with reason. Part 1 of 2.

To read the whole play, get the Clay Sanskrit Library translation of Much Ado about Religion by Csaba Dezsö, published 2005 by NYU Press. https://nyupress.org/9780814719794/much-ado-about-religion/

When is a door not really a door? When it's ajar! That old joke equivocates on two meanings of "ajar" In this episode we look at how equivocation can impact our reasoning, like when we ask, When is a doctor not really a doctor? We explore a few other ways that reasoning can go wrong and force us to lose in a debate. And listen until the end to hear what's planned for Episode 9...

Quick announcement about Episodes 8 through 10.

When is a reason not a reason? According to Nyaya philosophers, when it's all smoke and no fire. In this episode we'll talk about how reasoning can go wrong when people use "counterfeit reasons," which don't actually support their claims.

Music:

Brittle Rille by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3460-brittle-rille

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4...