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Hegel in space?
Skholiast makes a key point in response to my post on perennial questions. Regarding the categories I have drawn in the history of philosophy – ascent and descent, intimacy and integrity – he notes...
View ArticleThe inadequacy of primary theory
Last time, I accepted that there were two reasonable ways to define “common sense.” One can identify it with prejudices, as I did the first time around, so that common sense is what is held to be...
View ArticleHow not to conduct interreligious dialogue
When I taught an introductory religion class at Stonehill, one of my favourite texts to teach was Jon Levenson’s Commentary article, “How not to conduct Jewish-Christian dialogue.” Levenson’s article...
View ArticleMou Zongsan’s theories across cultures
I have recently taken on a position as interviewer for the New Books Network, an exciting new project to hold podcast interviews with the authors of recently published scholarly books. I will be...
View ArticleHow may we tell true from false?
How can we, or should we, learn what is true and what is false? This is one of the most enduring and basic questions in philosophy – “basic” because it is fundamental to so many others, not because the...
View ArticlePhilosophical single-mindedness (2)
Last week I spoke of a philosophical single-mindedness shared by modernists, evangelical Protestants, Salafi Muslims and St. Augustine, and this week I’d like to reflect on it further. What these...
View ArticleOn innovation through conservatism
I noted two weeks ago how Ken Wilber’s recent post/modern turn (“Wilber-5″) is right in important respects, but suggested important problems with it. Last week I noted empirical problems: sociological...
View ArticleThe classical enumeration of categories, and why it matters
There’s a recurring theme in Indo-European thought that has often perplexed me: categories. The Indian Vaiśeṣika school of thought is known primarily for enumerating a set of categories (padārthas)...
View ArticlePrécis of “Beyond enacted experiences”
I’ve been wanting to refer on the blog to the article I recently wrote for the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice. Out of respect for the journal’s hardworking editors (and the law!), I will not...
View ArticleMimicry, mockery or mumukṣutva? A response to Deepak Sarma, by Jeffery D. Long
This is the first time I have featured a guest post on Love of All Wisdom. Jeffery Long, a professor of religion and Asian studies at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, sent me this response after...
View ArticleTo say something is to negate something
Not long ago I attended a conference on a particular genre of educational technology. The conference presenters were endlessly positive, uplifting – they sought to inspire the attenders with the...
View ArticleTwo gods
Last week I examined the theology of Marcion of Sinope, who believed – as did many other early Christians – that there existed two gods, one good and one evil. I argued that Marcion’s theology is an...
View ArticleA synthesis beyond Orientalism
[Cross-posted at the Indian Philosophy Blog.] I am increasingly getting the impression that the debates over Orientalism in Asian traditions have taken a new turn, and one very much for the better. Few...
View ArticleThe accidental Gītā
A strange coincidence surprised me as I designed this spring’s course in Indian philosophy – but one that I suspect is quite significant. The coincidence resulted from three of my primary concerns in...
View ArticleSearching for ascent and descent (2)
For reasons I discussed last time, I’ve found it important to categorize philosophies using the ideal types of ascent and descent – but have not yet been able to specify them as clearly as an ideal...
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