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Hindus Against God: Anti-theistic Arguments in Sāṃkhya and Vedānta Philosophy – Andrew Nicholson (SUNY Stony Brook) 4:15 pm
Hindus Against God: Anti-theistic Arguments in Sāṃkhya and Vedānta Philosophy – Andrew Nicholson (SUNY Stony Brook) @ Knox Hall, Room 208
Mar 5 @ 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
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Moderated by Sheldon Pollock, Arvind Raghunathan Professor of South Asian Studies, MESAAS Andrew J. Nicholson is Associate Professor at State University of New York at Stony Brook. He earned his PhD in South Asian Languages and Civilizations at Chicago.  Nicholson’s primary area of research is Indian philosophy and intellectual history, most recently focusing on medieval Vedānta philosophy and its influence on ideas about Hinduism in modern Europe and India. His first book, Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and[...]
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Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy 5:30 pm
Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy @ Columbia Religion Dept. rm 101
Mar 9 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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Feb. 9: Cat Prueitt (George Mason University) March 9: Kin Cheung (Moravian College) April 13: Lara Braitstein (McGill University) May 11: David Cummiskey (Bates College) Also, please visit our website: http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/cscp/ Co-Chairs Professor Jonathan Gold Associate Professor, Princeton University, Department of Religion jcgold@princeton.edu Professor Hagop Sarkissian Associate Professor, The City University of New York, Baruch College | Graduate Center, Department of Philosophy hagop.sarkissian@baruch.cuny.edu Rapporteur Jay Ramesh jr3203@columbia.edu
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Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy 5:30 pm
Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy @ Columbia Religion Dept. rm 101
Mar 30 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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The Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy (CSCP) is a University Seminar dedicated to the advancement of projects that draw on both western and non-western philosophy. The CSCP meets monthly on the campus of Columbia University and occasionally hosts conferences. Please save the following dates for our upcoming talks: March 30: Kin Cheung (Moravian College) April 13: Lara Braitstein (McGill University) May 11: David Cummiskey (Bates College)
Buddhist Theories of Truth, Truth-Telling, and Lies – Kin Cheung (Moravian College) 6:30 pm
Buddhist Theories of Truth, Truth-Telling, and Lies – Kin Cheung (Moravian College) @ Columbia Religion Dept. rm 101
Mar 30 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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Contrary to Damien Keown (2001), who worries that metaphysical and epistemological inquiry may distract from ethical investigation, Bronwyn Finnigan and Koji Tanaka (2008) argue such questions may provide grounding for practical application of a Buddhist ethical path. I follow this line of inquiry into Buddhist theories of truth in order to better understand right speech as conceived in the Early Buddhist Suttas. I focus on what the Abhaya Sutta explicitly instructs and what it leaves out regarding[...]
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