Indian Philosophy

Speaker: Prof. Parimal Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Harvard University

Time and venue:

April 24-25, 14:05-15:40, Room 1-204, West Teaching Building, Zijingang Campus

April 26, 14:05-15:40, Room 1-207, West Teaching Building, Zijingang Campus

April 29-30, 14:05-15:40, Room 1-203, West Teaching Building, Zijingang Campus

Content:

1.Philosophy in Classical India
Part 1.What is Indian Philosophy
Part 2.Sources of Knowledge
2.How to Argue with a Buddhist
Part 1.Inferences
Part 2.God?
3.Words and Sentences
4.Aesthetics,Language,and Emotion
Part 1.How words work
Part 2.Why (some)people like horror movies
5.Reading Philosophy--Dignāga and the basis of consciousness