The 3 Best History of Indian and Africana Philosophy Podcast Episodes
1) HAP 54 - Wilson Moses on the Roots of Black Nationalism
Wilson Moses speaks to us about his research into early black notionalism, as represented by Crummell, Douglass, and others.
2) HPI 01 - Begin at the End - An Introduction to Philosophy in India
In this introduction to the series, Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri propose that Indian philosophy was primarily a way of life and search for the highest good.
3) HPI 02 - Sages, Schools and Systems – a Historical Overview
A whirlwind tour of philosophical literature in India.
4) HPC 37. She Stoops to Conquer: Femininity in the Laozi
How the Laozi (Daodejing) applies the lessons of complementarity to the contrast between male and female.
5) HPC 36. Fishing for Complements: Polarities in Daoism
The significance of the Laozi’s use of opposing pairs, which are treated as complementary rather as exclusive dichotomies.
6) HPC 35. Way Better than Greenwashing: Daoism on Nature
How the Laozi (Daodejing) applies the lessons of complementarity to the contrast between male and female.
7) HPC 34. You Don’t Say! the Dao That Cannot Be Told
The first rule of dao is: don’t talk about dao. We do so nonetheless, focusing on its role in metaphysics and language.
8) HPC 33. Let Us Count the Ways: What is Daoism?
What does “Daoism” refer to in a range of contexts, and how have excavated texts changed our understanding of the tensions between Daoism and Confucianism?
9) HPC 32. Chris Fraser on Mohism
We conclude our series on Mohism with an interview that looks at the Mohists' dialectic and its relationship to their ethics.
10) HPC 31. Push and Pull: Mohist Dialectic
Later Mohists explained in the Canons how to provide compelling philosophical arguments, and how to avoid mistakes in argumentation. Does this count as “logic”?