This series of short essays considers the complex choices and decision-making processes of instructors preparing to teach, and continuing to teach, introductory courses in religious studies. In a paper originally presented in the... more
This series of short essays considers the complex choices and decision-making processes of instructors preparing to teach, and continuing to teach, introductory courses in religious studies. In a paper originally presented in the University of Chicago's " The Craft of Teaching in the Academic Study of Religion " series, Russell McCutcheon explores a " baker's dozen " of such choices and the larger pedagogical problems with which they are entwined, ranging from classic questions of skill development and content coverage to philosophical concerns around students' identification with their topics of study and institutional concerns around governance and assessment. Aaron Hollander provides a brief introduction and four doctoral students at the University of Chicago Divinity School respond to McCutcheon's essay, widening its scope, testing its applicability, and interrogating its undergirding suppositions from the perspective of early-career educators in the field.
If we had anything at all you could call certainty, then it would have to be based on a reliable warrant, or not based on a reliable warrant. But we don't! How so? If there were the possibility of doubt with respect to this,... more
If we had anything at all you could call certainty, then it would have to be based on a reliable warrant, or not based on a reliable warrant. But we don't! How so? If there were the possibility of doubt with respect to this, there could be a certainty opposed to it and dependent upon ...
10 Svasavitti as Methodological Solipsism:Narrow Content and the Problem of Intentionality in Buddhist Philosophy of Mind Dan Arnold In the subtitle of an article, Mark Siderits (2001) asks:Is the Eightfold Path a Program? What... more
10 Svasavitti as Methodological Solipsism:Narrow Content and the Problem of Intentionality in Buddhist Philosophy of Mind Dan Arnold In the subtitle of an article, Mark Siderits (2001) asks:Is the Eightfold Path a Program? What Siderits thus asks is whether persons, on ...
The constitutive concern of the school of P¯urva M¯ım¯am. s¯a is with the correct interpretation and understanding of the Vedic literature and in particular, of the earlier portions of the Vedic literature, ie, those concerned with the... more
The constitutive concern of the school of P¯urva M¯ım¯am. s¯a is with the correct interpretation and understanding of the Vedic literature and in particular, of the earlier portions of the Vedic literature, ie, those concerned with the performance of ritual sacrifice.2 Accordingly, the ...
David Loy's most recent book comprises a series of essays that frame and analyze various socio-political issues such as the war on terror, globalization, poverty and development, possible reforms in the American system of... more
David Loy's most recent book comprises a series of essays that frame and analyze various socio-political issues such as the war on terror, globalization, poverty and development, possible reforms in the American system of justice from a basically Buddhist perspective. The ...
Inada's prolix translation goes: "We declare that whatever is relational origination is `suunyataa. It is a provisional name (ie, thought construction) for the mutuality (of being) and, indeed, it is the middle... more
Inada's prolix translation goes: "We declare that whatever is relational origination is `suunyataa. It is a provisional name (ie, thought construction) for the mutuality (of being) and, indeed, it is the middle path." [1] As in all of the previous translations, the problematic part ...
The figures of classical Indian philosophy are generally known to us only in the stylized terms of traditional hagiographies, which seldom give confidence that we are in touch with a historical personage. Aiming to overcome the... more
The figures of classical Indian philosophy are generally known to us only in the stylized terms of traditional hagiographies, which seldom give confidence that we are in touch with a historical personage. Aiming to overcome the limitations of our biographical knowledge about one ...
This self-styled essay in "fusion philosophy" should gain a wider hearing for the sophisticated reconstructions of Indian Buddhist arguments that Mark Siderits has developed in articles published over the last twenty... more
This self-styled essay in "fusion philosophy" should gain a wider hearing for the sophisticated reconstructions of Indian Buddhist arguments that Mark Siderits has developed in articles published over the last twenty years. This is as it should be. The book will, however, inevitably have ...
This self-styled essay in "fusion philosophy" should gain a wider hearing for the sophisticated reconstructions of Indian Buddhist arguments that Mark Siderits has developed in articles published over the last twenty... more
This self-styled essay in "fusion philosophy" should gain a wider hearing for the sophisticated reconstructions of Indian Buddhist arguments that Mark Siderits has developed in articles published over the last twenty years. This is as it should be. The book will, however, inevitably have ...
The figures of classical Indian philosophy are generally known to us only in the stylized terms of traditional hagiographies, which seldom give confidence that we are in touch with a historical personage. Aiming to overcome the... more
The figures of classical Indian philosophy are generally known to us only in the stylized terms of traditional hagiographies, which seldom give confidence that we are in touch with a historical personage. Aiming to overcome the limitations of our biographical knowledge about one ...
