HAP 34 - New England Patriot - Lemuel Haynes

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HAP 34 - New England Patriot - Lemuel Haynes

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Preacher and Revolutionary War soldier Lemuel Haynes argues that the principles of the American Revolution demand the abolition of slavery.

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Sep 1, 2019

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Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri and Chike Jeffers to represent the philosophical traditions of India, Africa and the African diaspora. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net.

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HPI 19 - When in Doubt - the Rise of Skepticism: Skeptical tendences in Indian thought and responses to skepticism from the Mīmāṃsā and Vedānta schools. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 13 - Grand Illusion - Dharma and Deception in the Mahabharata: The great Hindu epic Mahābhārata explores moral dilemmas and the permissibilty of lying, against the background of the ethical concept of dharma. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 11 - Carry a Big Stick - Ancient Indian Political Thought: Two figures from the Mauryan dynasty, Kautilya and the king Ashoka, set out contrasting ideas about the ideal political rule. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 29 - Practice Makes Perfect - Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra: Yoga as presented by Patañjali offers a practical complement to the Sāṃkhya theory of the cosmos and the self. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 17 - Jessica Frazier on Hinduism and Philosophy: An interview with Jessica Frazier about philosophical ideas and arguments in the Vedas, Upanisads and later Hindu texts. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 36 - Fine Grained Analysis - Kanada's Vaisesika-Sutra: The Vaiśeṣika school offers a metaphysical analysis of the world and an atomistic physics. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 27 - The Theory of Evolution - Isvarakrsna’s Samkhya-karika: The oldest treatise of Sāṃkhya enumerates the principles of the cosmos and of the human mind. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 16 - Better Half - Women in Ancient India: Women philosophers and ideas about women in Buddhism, the Upanisads, and the Mahabharata. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 31 - Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire - Gautama’s Nyaya-Sutra: The Nyāya-Sūtra inaugurates a tradition of logical and epistemological analysis. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 12 - Rupert Gethin on Buddhism and the Self: Peter speaks to Rupert Gethin about the no-self theory, and its implications for Buddhist ethics and meditation practices. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 25 - Communication Breakdown - Bhartrihari on Language: The grammarian Bhartṛhari argues that the study of language is the path to liberation, because the undivided reality underlying language is brahman. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 61 - What Happened Next - Indian Philosophy After Dignaga: A whirlwind tour of developments in Indian philosophy after Dignāga and a few words about the contemporary relevance of the tradition. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 28 - Who Wants to Live Forever? - Early Ayurvedic Medicine: Philosophical aspects of Ayurveda, focusing on the oldest surviving medical treatise, the Caraka-Samhita. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 15 - Mostly Harmless - Non-Violence: Vegetarianism and non-violence (ahimsa) in ancient Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 18 - A Tangled Web - the Age of the Sutra: Rival philosophical schools proliferate and subdivide in our second major historical period, the “age of the sūtra.” by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 21 - Innocent Until Proven Guilty - Mimamsa on Knowledge and Language: The Mīmāṃsā school put their faith in sense experience, and argue that the Veda, and hence language itself, had no beginning. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 10 - Crossover Appeal - The Nature of the Buddha’s Teaching: The Buddha offers two parables to explain the purpose of his philosophical teaching. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 43 - We Beg to Differ - the Buddhists and Jains: An introduction to philosophical developments in Buddhism and Jainism up to the time of Dignāga in the sixth century AD. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 30 - Philipp Maas on Yoga: A leading expert on the founding text of Yoga tells us why, when, and by whom it was written. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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Summer Reading: How to fill the month of August while the podcast is on summer break. Buy the book versions of the podcast at Oxford University Press. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 58 - Amber Carpenter on Animals in Indian Philosophy: An interview with Amber Carpenter about the status of nonhuman animals in ancient Indian philosophy and literature. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 45 - Motion Denied - Nagarjuna on Change: Nāgārjuna applies his emptiness theory to motion, change, and cognition. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 33 - Standard Deductions - Nyaya on Reasoning: Gautama and his commentators tell us how to separate good inferences from bad ones. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 22 - Elisa Freschi on Mimamsa: Mīmāṃsā expert Elisa Freschi speaks to Peter about philosophical issues arising from the interpretation of the Veda. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 14 - World on a String - The Bhagavad-Gita: The Bhagavad-Gītā or “Song of the Lord” from the Mahābhārata ties its theory of detached action to an innovative conception of the divine. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 32 - What You See Is What You Get - Nyaya on Perception: Nyāya philosophers explain how perception can bring us knowledge. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 47 - Jan Westerhoff on Nagarjuna: A discussion with Jan Westerhoff, an expert on the great Buddhist thinker Nāgārjuna. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 51 - Change of Mind - Vasubandhu and Yogacara Buddhism: Vasubandhu’s path to Yogācāra Buddhism, a form of idealism which holds that nothing can be mind-independent. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 37 - The Whole Story - Vaisesika on Complexity and Causation: The Vaiśeṣika response to Buddhist skepticism about wholes made up of parts. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HPI 26 - Francis Clooney on Vedanta: Francis Clooney joins us to discuss the religious and philosophical aspects of Vedānta. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 120 - Redemption Songs - Reggae and Rastafari: How the Rastafari movement grew from trends within Africana philosophy, and then passed into global popular culture in the music of Bob Marley and other reggae artists. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 119 - The Space Race - Afrofuturism: Sun Ra and Parliament-Funkadelic return to claim the pyramids, and Octavia Butler uses science fiction to confront the brutal past of slavery. by History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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HAP 34 - New England Patriot - Lemuel Haynes

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