HAP 15 - Heard it Through the Grapevine - Oral Philosophy in Africa

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HAP 15 - Heard it Through the Grapevine - Oral Philosophy in Africa

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Nov 11, 2018

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An introduction to the “ethnophilosophy” approach inaugurated by Placide Tempels, its promises and potential pitfalls.

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Nov 11, 2018

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

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HPI 18 - A Tangled Web - the Age of the Sutra: Rival philosophical schools proliferate and subdivide in our second major historical period, the “age of the sūtra.” by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 14 - World on a String - The Bhagavad-Gita: The Bhagavad-Gītā or “Song of the Lord” from the Mahābhārata ties its theory of detached action to an innovative conception of the divine. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 44 - It All Depends - Nagarjuna on Emptiness: Nāgārjuna founds the Madhyāmaka (“middle way”) Buddhist tradition by “relinquishing all views” and arguing that everything is “empty.” by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 16 - Better Half - Women in Ancient India: Women philosophers and ideas about women in Buddhism, the Upanisads, and the Mahabharata. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 15 - Mostly Harmless - Non-Violence: Vegetarianism and non-violence (ahimsa) in ancient Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 11 - Carry a Big Stick - Ancient Indian Political Thought: Two figures from the Mauryan dynasty, Kautilya and the king Ashoka, set out contrasting ideas about the ideal political rule. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 29 - Practice Makes Perfect - Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra: Yoga as presented by Patañjali offers a practical complement to the Sāṃkhya theory of the cosmos and the self. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 61 - What Happened Next - Indian Philosophy After Dignaga: A whirlwind tour of developments in Indian philosophy after Dignāga and a few words about the contemporary relevance of the tradition. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 33 - Standard Deductions - Nyaya on Reasoning: Gautama and his commentators tell us how to separate good inferences from bad ones. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 17 - Jessica Frazier on Hinduism and Philosophy: An interview with Jessica Frazier about philosophical ideas and arguments in the Vedas, Upanisads and later Hindu texts. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 36 - Fine Grained Analysis - Kanada's Vaisesika-Sutra: The Vaiśeṣika school offers a metaphysical analysis of the world and an atomistic physics. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 13 - Grand Illusion - Dharma and Deception in the Mahabharata: The great Hindu epic Mahābhārata explores moral dilemmas and the permissibilty of lying, against the background of the ethical concept of dharma. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 25 - Communication Breakdown - Bhartrihari on Language: The grammarian Bhartṛhari argues that the study of language is the path to liberation, because the undivided reality underlying language is brahman. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 21 - Innocent Until Proven Guilty - Mimamsa on Knowledge and Language: The Mīmāṃsā school put their faith in sense experience, and argue that the Veda, and hence language itself, had no beginning. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 32 - What You See Is What You Get - Nyaya on Perception: Nyāya philosophers explain how perception can bring us knowledge. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 27 - The Theory of Evolution - Isvarakrsna’s Samkhya-karika: The oldest treatise of Sāṃkhya enumerates the principles of the cosmos and of the human mind. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 54 - Graham Priest on Logic and Buddhism: Graham Priest joins Peter to discuss non-classical logic and its connections with Buddhist patterns of reasoning. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 24 - No Two Ways About It - Sankara and Advaita Vedanta: Śaṅkara and his “non-dual” (Advaita) Vedānta, which teaches that only brahman is real, and the world of experience and individual self are mere illusion. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 19 - When in Doubt - the Rise of Skepticism: Skeptical tendences in Indian thought and responses to skepticism from the Mīmāṃsā and Vedānta schools. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 22 - Elisa Freschi on Mimamsa: Mīmāṃsā expert Elisa Freschi speaks to Peter about philosophical issues arising from the interpretation of the Veda. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 12 - Rupert Gethin on Buddhism and the Self: Peter speaks to Rupert Gethin about the no-self theory, and its implications for Buddhist ethics and meditation practices. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 47 - Written by Himself - the Life of Frederick Douglass: Frederick Douglass' journey from slave to leading figure of 19th century American thought. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 28 - Who Wants to Live Forever? - Early Ayurvedic Medicine: Philosophical aspects of Ayurveda, focusing on the oldest surviving medical treatise, the Caraka-Samhita. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 43 - We Beg to Differ - the Buddhists and Jains: An introduction to philosophical developments in Buddhism and Jainism up to the time of Dignāga in the sixth century AD. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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Summer Reading: How to fill the month of August while the podcast is on summer break. Buy the book versions of the podcast at Oxford University Press. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 37 - The Whole Story - Vaisesika on Complexity and Causation: The Vaiśeṣika response to Buddhist skepticism about wholes made up of parts. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 35 - Ujjwala Jha and V.N. Jha on Nyaya: Prof Jha and Prof Jha discuss the theories and later influence of the Nyāya school. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 31 - Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire - Gautama’s Nyaya-Sutra: The Nyāya-Sūtra inaugurates a tradition of logical and epistemological analysis. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 26 - Francis Clooney on Vedanta: Francis Clooney joins us to discuss the religious and philosophical aspects of Vedānta. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 30 - Philipp Maas on Yoga: A leading expert on the founding text of Yoga tells us why, when, and by whom it was written. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPC 07. Uncrowned King: Kongzi (Confucius) and the Analects: An introduction to Kongzi, the founder of Confucianism, and to the text that has come to represent his thought, the Lunyu (Analects). by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 132 - Mixed Messages - Black British Cultural Studies: Stuart Hall pioneers “cultural studies,” offering tools for analysis of films, television, fiction and music that were put to use by followers like Paul Gilroy and Hazel Carby. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 129 - Afrophone Home - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: How one of Kenya's greatest writers came to argue that African literature should be written in African languages. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 128 - Marginal Comments - bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins: We bring the story of black feminism up to the turn of the century with the incisive works of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 127 - Knowing the Difference - Audre Lorde: In poetry and prose, especially her collection "Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde explores ideas of difference, eroticism, and feminist theory. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 126 - Fugitive for Justice - Angela Davis: The eventful life and penetrating philosophy of Angela Davis, an icon of resistance deeply informed by Marxism and influential on black feminist thought. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 125 - Phenomenal Woman - The Black Women’s Literary Renaissance: Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Alice Walker explore the themes of black feminism (or “womanism”) in their fiction. Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual violence and suicide. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 124 - Double Jeopardy - Black Feminism: 1970s black feminists like Toni Cade Bambara, the Combahee River Collective, and Awa Thiam critique white feminist and black nationalist failures to recognize the unique struggle of the black woman. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 15 - Heard it Through the Grapevine - Oral Philosophy in Africa

HAP 15 - Heard it Through the Grapevine - Oral Philosophy in Africa

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