Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHPI 58 - Amber Carpenter on Animals in Indian Philosophy
Episode 33
An interview with Amber Carpenter about the status of nonhuman animals in ancient Indian philosophy and literature.
7 years, 11 months ago
HPI 57 - Learn by Doing - Tantra
Episode 32
Philosophy is put into practice in Kashmir Śaivite Tantra and Buddhist Tantra.
8 years ago
HPI 56 - Who’s Pulling Your Strings? - Buddhaghosa
Episode 30
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.
8 years ago
HPI 55 - Doors of Perception - Dignaga on Consciousness
Episode 31
Dignāga argues that all perception is accompanied by self-awareness.
8 years, 1 month ago
HPI 54 - Graham Priest on Logic and Buddhism
Episode 29
Graham Priest joins Peter to discuss non-classical logic and its connections with Buddhist patterns of reasoning.
8 years, 1 month ago
HPI 53 - Follow the Evidence - Dignaga's Logic
Episode 28
Dignāga’s trairūpya theory, which sets out the three conditions required for making reliable inferences.
8 years, 2 months ago
HPI 52 - Under Construction - Dignaga on Perception and Language
Episode 27
The great Buddhist thinker Dignāga argues that general concepts and language are mere constructions superimposed on perception.
8 years, 2 months ago
HPI 51 - Change of Mind - Vasubandhu and Yogacara Buddhism
Episode 26
Vasubandhu’s path to Yogācāra Buddhism, a form of idealism which holds that nothing can be mind-independent.
8 years, 2 months ago
HPI 50 - Marie-Hélène Gorisse on Jain Epistemology
Episode 25
We're joined by Marie-Hélène Gorisse for a look at the Jain theory of knowledge.
8 years, 3 months ago
HPI 49 - Well Qualified - the Jains on Truth
Episode 24
Does the Jain theory of seven predications (saptabhaṇgī) land them in self-contradiction, or help them to avoid it?
8 years, 3 months ago