Episodes

Sunday Jan 07, 2018
HPI 57 - Learn by Doing - Tantra
Sunday Jan 07, 2018
Sunday Jan 07, 2018
Philosophy is put into practice in Kashmir Śaivite Tantra and Buddhist Tantra.

Sunday Dec 24, 2017
HPI 56 - Who’s Pulling Your Strings? - Buddhaghosa
Sunday Dec 24, 2017
Sunday Dec 24, 2017
Buddhaghosa, a major figure in the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, argues against the need for a self to control and coordinate mental activities.

Sunday Dec 10, 2017
HPI 55 - Doors of Perception - Dignaga on Consciousness
Sunday Dec 10, 2017
Sunday Dec 10, 2017
Dignāga argues that all perception is accompanied by self-awareness.

Sunday Nov 26, 2017
HPI 54 - Graham Priest on Logic and Buddhism
Sunday Nov 26, 2017
Sunday Nov 26, 2017
Graham Priest joins Peter to discuss non-classical logic and its connections with Buddhist patterns of reasoning.

Sunday Nov 12, 2017
HPI 53 - Follow the Evidence - Dignaga's Logic
Sunday Nov 12, 2017
Sunday Nov 12, 2017
Dignāga’s trairūpya theory, which sets out the three conditions required for making reliable inferences.

Sunday Oct 29, 2017
HPI 52 - Under Construction - Dignaga on Perception and Language
Sunday Oct 29, 2017
Sunday Oct 29, 2017
The great Buddhist thinker Dignāga argues that general concepts and language are mere constructions superimposed on perception.

Sunday Oct 15, 2017
HPI 51 - Change of Mind - Vasubandhu and Yogacara Buddhism
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
Vasubandhu’s path to Yogācāra Buddhism, a form of idealism which holds that nothing can be mind-independent.

Sunday Oct 01, 2017
HPI 50 - Marie-Hélène Gorisse on Jain Epistemology
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
We're joined by Marie-Hélène Gorisse for a look at the Jain theory of knowledge.

Sunday Sep 17, 2017
HPI 49 - Well Qualified - the Jains on Truth
Sunday Sep 17, 2017
Sunday Sep 17, 2017
Does the Jain theory of seven predications (saptabhaṇgī) land them in self-contradiction, or help them to avoid it?

Sunday Aug 06, 2017
HPI 48 - Taking Perspective - the Jain Theory of Standpoints
Sunday Aug 06, 2017
Sunday Aug 06, 2017
The Jain theory of standpoints or non-onesidedness (anekāntavāda) makes truth a matter of perspective.