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 35. Way Better than Greenwashing: Daoism on Nature
How the Laozi (Daodejing) applies the lessons of complementarity to the contrast between male and female.
5) 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.
6) 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?
7) 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.
8) 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”?
9) HPC 30. Horse of a Different Color: the Mohists on Language and Knowledge
The Mohists to get their words right: what Mohist dialectics and Gongsun Long’s “White Horse Not Horse” argument tell us about the connection between language and knowledge.
10) HPC 29. Ghost Writers: the Mohists on Religion
Did Mozi tell people that ghosts exist and that we can change our fate because he thought these things are true, or because it would be beneficial for people to believe them?