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HAP 57 - Race First, Then Party - T. Thomas Fortune

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T. Thomas Fortune uses newspaper editorials to put forth a theory of civil rights and set out a plan of political action for protecting them.

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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 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
21 min listen
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
20 min listen
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
30 min listen
HAP 15 - Heard it Through the Grapevine - Oral Philosophy in Africa: An introduction to the “ethnophilosophy” approach inaugurated by Placide Tempels, its promises and potential pitfalls. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
21 min listen
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
21 min listen
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 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
33 min listen
HPI 15 - Mostly Harmless - Non-Violence: Vegetarianism and non-violence (ahimsa) in ancient Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
24 min listen
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 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 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
22 min listen
HAP 05 - Father Knows Best - Moral and Political Philosophy in the Instructions: Ethical reflection in ancient Egyptian grave inscriptions and in works of instruction, such as the Maxims of Ptahhotep and the Instructions named for Amenemope, Ani, and Merikare. 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 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
22 min listen
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 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 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
36 min listen
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
23 min listen
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
22 min listen
HPI 49 - Well Qualified - the Jains on Truth: Does the Jain theory of seven predications (saptabhaṇgī) land them in self-contradiction, or help them to avoid it? 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 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 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 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 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 23 - Source Code - Badarayana’s Vedanta-sutra: The founding text of the Vedānta school, the Vedānta- or Brahma-Sūtra, interprets the Upaniṣads as teaching that all things derive from brahman. 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 34 - The Truth Shall Set You Free - Nyaya on the Mind: Nyāya proposes that each of us has both a self and a mind, in addition to the body. 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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