This series, hosted by the faculty of Theology at Oxford University, looks at the Indian Buddhist philosophy. In the past the study of Asian philosophical traditions has often been approached by asking how the theories developed within these non-Western cultures would help us to solve problems in contemporary Western thought. While this approach has its merits, and has produced various interesting instances of "fusion philosophy", this workshop attempted to advance the dialogue between different philosophical traditions in an alternative way. Rather than asking what Asian philosophy can do for us, it set out to investigate which theories, approaches and models...
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32 min
A Dose of Wittgenstein
Mark Siderits (Seoul National University emeritus) gives the eleventh talk in the New Madhyamaka workshop. The workshop "The New Madhyamaka: Developing Ancient Indian Thought Throu…
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18 min
Linguistic and Philosophical Integration of Madhyamaka: Some Reflections
Mattia Salvini (Mahidol University) gives the tenth talk in the New Madhyamaka workshop. The workshop "The New Madhyamaka: Developing Ancient Indian Thought Through Contemporary Ph…
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23 min
Ninth talk in the New Madhyamaka workshop
Parimal Patil (Harvard University), gives the ninth talk in the New Madhyamaka workshop. The workshop "The New Madhyamaka: Developing Ancient Indian Thought Through Contemporary Ph…
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42 min
Quantum Mechanics and Deep Interconnectness
Michel Bitbol (Centre Nationale de la Recherce Scientifique, Paris), gives the eighth talk in the New Madhaymaka workshop. The workshop "The New Madhyamaka: Developing Ancient Indi…
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25 min
Perspectivalism and Madhyamaka
Charles Goodman, (Binghampton University), gives the sixth talk in the New Madhyamaka workshop. The workshop "The New Madhyamaka: Developing Ancient Indian Thought Through Contempo…
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27 min
The Fifth Corner of Four
Graham Priest, (Graduate Centre, City University of New York), gives the fourth talk in the New Madhyamaka workshop. The workshop "The New Madhyamaka: Developing Ancient Indian Tho…
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38 min
Madhyamaka, Consciousness and Mental Causation
Sonam Thakchoe (University of Tasmania), gives the third talk in the New Madhymaka workshop The workshop "The New Madhyamaka: Developing Ancient Indian Thought Through Contemporary…
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47 min
Modern Philosophical Tools and Classic Madhyamaka Texts
Jay Garfield (Yale/National University of Singapore) gives the second talk in the New Madhyamaka workshop. The workshop "The New Madhyamaka: Developing Ancient Indian Thought Throu…
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27 min
Introduction to the New Madhyamaka workshop
Jan Westerhoff, Associate Professor of Religious Ethics at the University of Oxford, introduces The New Madhyamaka workshop. "The New Madhyamaka: Developing Ancient Indian Thought…