HAP 87 - Call It Intuition - Leopold Senghor

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HAP 87 - Call It Intuition - Leopold Senghor

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Leopold Senghor compares different ways of knowing while developing his theory of Negritude and combining the roles of poet and politician.

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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 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 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 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 10 - Crossover Appeal - The Nature of the Buddha’s Teaching: The Buddha offers two parables to explain the purpose of his philosophical teaching. 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 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 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 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 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 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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HPI 50 - Marie-Hélène Gorisse on Jain Epistemology: We're joined by Marie-Hélène Gorisse for a look at the Jain theory of knowledge. 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 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 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 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 38 - A Day in the Life - Theories of Time: Ancient Indian cosmology and the Vaiśeṣika defense of the reality of time and space. 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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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 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 48 - Taking Perspective - the Jain Theory of Standpoints: The Jain theory of standpoints or non-onesidedness (anekāntavāda) makes truth a matter of perspective. 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 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 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 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 47 - Jan Westerhoff on Nagarjuna: A discussion with Jan Westerhoff, an expert on the great Buddhist thinker Nāgārjuna. 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 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 46 - No Four Ways About It - Nagarjuna’s Tetralemma: Nāgārjuna’s four-fold argument scheme, the tetralemma (catuṣkoṭi). by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 87 - Call It Intuition - Leopold Senghor

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