1. Begin at the End: Introduction to Indian Philosophy
In this introduction to the series, Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri propose that Indian philosophy was primarily a way of life and search for the highest good.
Themes:
• J. Ganeri, “Introduction” to C. Carlisle and J. Ganeri (eds), Philosophy as Therapeia (Cambridge: 2010).
• J. Ganeri, “Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from the Buddha to Tagore,” in M. Chase, S. Clark and M. McGhee (eds.), Philosophy as a Way of Life: Ancients and Moderns (Oxford: 2013).
• P. Hadot, Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault (Oxford: 1995).
• A. Kuzminski, “Pyrrhonism and Madhyamaka,” Philosophy East and West 27 (2007), 482–511.
NB: For reading suggestions on Indian philosophy in general see the page for the whole series of podcasts.
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Milinda Panha
I'm not up to here yet, but did you cover Milinda Panha (Questions from King Menander) in these episodes? I ask as i didn't see him in the timeline (though admittedly the timeline seems to be a bit out of date). If you didn't, I was just curious if you considered it and chose not to, or if it didn't even cross your mind
In reply to Milinda Panha by Alexander Johnson
Milinda Panha
Yes, we did, it's just there is no one episode named after it - we use it as a source for the episodes on early Buddhism (and the famous chariot example comes up numerous times throughout the series!).
Very good initiative
Very good initiative
adding another resource on Hinduism
http://www.avsrinivasan.com/
Dr. A. V. Srinivasan is another scholar based in USA who has been giving lectures on Hinduism. You can find lot of free youtube videos in the lectures link on his webpage.
Keep up the good work.
Good intro!
I found your series via Kit Patrick's HistoryOfIndia podcast.
Very interesting work. Thanks.
Errors in MP3 Tags
Love the podcasts. Please correct the errors in the MP3 tags which are creating errors when I try to play the files in sequence. I corrected my downloaded copy by using MP3 Tag editor but other users may not have the tools.
In reply to Errors in MP3 Tags by Ravi P Reddy
MP3 tags
Thanks, glad you like the series. Can you please elaborate on the technical problem? When I upload the episodes I always tag the episode number and I have never heard of anyone else having this issue before. I'm not sure what else I could do in terms of tagging the mp3's that I am not already doing.
Indian Philosophers
Greetings!
Interested in reading & knowing about Indian Philosophers
Thumbnails at youtube
Hey Peter, few days ago I encountered a youtube channel of history of philosophy, I guess it's yours. If yes then I wanted to say.
I just wanted to tell what if you start putting the same thumbnails (you have put here on each episode), because youtube generally works on the algorithm of title & thumbnail so it might help a little to increase the reach of your podcast (changing of thumbnail may also work for older uploaded video)
In reply to Thumbnails at youtube by Aditya Singh Bais
YouTube
Oh thanks- actually I never set up a YouTube channel for the podcast so maybe someone else did this? Is it the one at this link that you mean?
This is hilarious because it has 1.7K subscribers and I didn't even know it existed!
In reply to YouTube by Peter Adamson
YouTube channel official or not
Hi Prof. Adamson! So is that YouTube channel unofficial? It's remarkable how the people running it promptly post every episode there—including your Don't Think For Yourself book preview! I do, however, prefer listening from the site directly—for references, navigability, timelines, etc. It's harder to find specific playlists or episodes on the YouTube channel, actually: there's no in-channel search bar for some reason, and the playlists are just the two RSS feeds. Still, I suppose it's for those who prefer listening on YouTube.
In reply to YouTube channel official or not by Tarun G
YouTube
Right, it is unofficial - I wouldn't know how to set up an automatic channel like that. But it is great that someone did it, the more listeners the better!
HOPWAG quiz
Is there an India or Africana quiz? Just learnt of the 100 episodes HOPWAG quiz from a few years ago, and I couldn't find it on the site. But I'd love to see a quiz for the second feed too—not right away, but maybe later down the road, after ancient China series.
In reply to HOPWAG quiz by Tarun G
Quiz
I actually cooled on the idea of the quizzes when it struck me that any really substantive question could just be googled, so it was too easy to cheat. But maybe I should bring it back and use the honor system - was kind of a fun idea!
In reply to Quiz by Peter Adamson
Cheat-proof quizzing
Here's an idea for the VERY long term then: HOPWAG quiz hosted on something like Khan Academy or similar multiple-choice quiz platform, and video-certified on something like Schoolhouse.world. Quizlet might work too, since there are resources like CORE-econ that host their quizzes there. I mention Schoolhouse because their video certifications for Khan Academy quizzes involve recording one's screen and face, and reasoning aloud as one works through the test. That video is then peer-reviewed according to a rubric for safety, accuracy, and integrity. This is a BIG project for HOPWAG but if Khan Academy decides to tackle global philosophy someday I hope they look at HOPWAG! (Their founder Sal Khan is a HUGE fan of world philosophies, especially in fusion philosophy between East and West traditions. He's a philosopher outside academia philosophy, in many ways.)
First few episodes unpublished on Spotify?
Hey, big fan of the project and your style!
One quick remark: I listen to the podcasts on Spotify, and I'd like to start with the Indian philosophy series. However, I noticed that, at least on Spotify, the first few episodes recently became unpublished (as of now, HPI 06 is the oldest there). As they are still up here I don't suppose that was intended. Just letting you know :)
In reply to First few episodes unpublished on Spotify? by Maria
Spotify
Yes someone else mentioned this to me; it might be that there is a maximum level of episodes that can be on Spotify in one series, and they make older ones invisible one by one as new ones are added. This is also true on Apple podcasts unless you subscribe to the feed. But you shouldn't run into the problem on the RSS feed itself:
https://hopwag2.podbean.com/
Or of course you can just stream direct from here on the site:
https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/series/classical-indian-philosophy
Thanks for listening!
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