[INDOLOGY] Review Paramaanu of theory

[Coseru, Christian]

Times have changed, indeed, and for the better, and everyone can now have a good laugh at anecdotes about what might have been like to be teaching Heidegger or Merleau-Ponty in an Anglophone department back in the 60s and 70s (Burt Dreyfus recalled recently how he nearly lost his job at MIT after complaints from his colleagues that such "stone age" philosophy had no place in the curriculum). 

Many philosophy departments here in the US take pride nowadays in calling themselves pluralist, even those dominated by folks trained in the analytic tradition. 

Now, if only non-Western philosophy was better represented we could all get on with our business and stop worrying about having to fight political battles.

Christian Coseru


On Apr 24, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Aleksandar Uskokov wrote:

> Times have changed since Carnap . I think analytic philosophy today is more of a style (use of formal language etc.) than disdain for metaphysics. Indeed, the continental vs. analytical talk seems anachronistic. 
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> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Paolo Magnone <paolo.magnone at unicatt.it> wrote:
> Well, of course logic is taught even in continental philosophy departments, besides much else… but you will concede that from a strictly analytical perspective, an English expression like “in western philosophy departments” translates with a universal, rather than an existential quantifier :-)
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> On 24/04/2013 17:35, Aleksandar Uskokov wrote:
>> It seems to me you've read too much from that simple statement. I for one was educated in an old-fashioned continental philosophy department, yet had to study both contemporary logic and history of logic in separate courses. I did not see a tout  court equation in Howard's comment. 
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>> Kind regards,
>> Aleksandar
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>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Paolo Magnone <paolo.magnone at unicatt.it> wrote:
>> Believe it or not, in some continental, yet undoubtedly western philosophy departments they still teach some old-fashioned philosophical subjects such as ontology and metaphysics... luckily (from my point of view) philosophy in the West has not yet generally become what the Anglosaxon world is trying to reduce it to. So it would be well advised not to make such sweeping statements equating “western philosophy” tout court with analytical philosophy.
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>> Paolo Magnone
>> Sanskrit Language and Literature
>> Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Milan)
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>> Jambudvipa  - Indology and Sanskrit Studies (www.jambudvipa.net)
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>> On 24/04/2013 14:49, Howard Resnick wrote:
>>> In western philosophy departments, logicians critique past theories and argue for what they believe is the best possible logic, but of course the history of logic theories is taught as well. Surely both are taught, at least somewhere, in Indian universities.
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>>> Howard Resnick
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>>> On Apr 23, 2013, at 9:42 PM, Veeranarayana Pandurangi <veerankp at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Yes sir.
>>>> Unlike in west we teach it as we think this is the science. We need to modify if it is no longer justified.
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>>>> On Apr 24, 2013 12:17 AM, "Jean-Luc Chevillard" <jean-luc.chevillard at univ-paris-diderot.fr> wrote:
>>>> You write
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>>>> "I think we (naiyayikas) should not be teaching old paramaanu theory if it is really untenable."
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>>>> This makes me wonder whether you see yourself as teaching theories
>>>> or as teaching the history of those theories.
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>>>> How would you characterize what you do?
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>>>> -- Jean-Luc Chevillard (Paris)
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>>>> On 23/04/2013 20:05, Veeranarayana Pandurangi wrote:
>>>> Dear all
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>>>> Sorry for crossposting.
>>>> I am searching for some realistic modern reveiws/ alternative theories
>>>> of paramaanu theory of nyayavaisheshika.
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>>>> I think we (naiyayikas) should not be teaching old paramaanu theory if
>>>> it is really untenable.
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>>>> --
>>>> निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः।। (भ.गी.)
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