University Of Hawaii
These grants were used for research, teaching and sponsoring students in non-dualism philosophies.
The project coordinator is Professor Arindam Chakrabarti, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii.
The following are essays written by Infinity sponsored students:
- The Man from Nicobar: The Bauddhatarkabhasa on Sabdapramana by Rohit Dalvi
- Yoga, Free Will and the Purusa-Prakrti Problem by Amy Donahue
- Desire and Desirelessness: A Case for Niskamakarma by Christopher Framarin
- Indeterminate or Incoherent?: Buddhist Indeterminate Perception (Nirvikalpaka Pratyakea), Metaphysical Packages, and Two Ethical Implications by Ethan Mills
- Ineluctable Modalities of the Sensible Thoughts on the Nyaya Buddhist Debate on Perception, Conceptualization and Language by Conor Roddy
- Is The Belief In The Cessation State an Unjustified Belief? An examination of the Yogacarin Buddhist’s belief in the cessation state (nirodhasamapatti), the store-house of consciousness (alayavijnana) and anti-substantivism (adravyasat) by Amjol Shrestha
The University held the following lectures:
10/18/00 & 10/20/00
Sir Peter F. Strawson,
Emeritus Fellow and Former Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy Magdalen College, Oxford Univeristy, U.K.,
Topics: “Philosophy and Committment: Left, Right and Center,” “A Category of Particulars”
(click on the link above for a transcript of this presentation or click on the image for enlarged view of poster and seminar/presenter information)
11/19/99
Terence Parsons,
Professor of Philosophy,
University of California, Irvine
Topic: “What Cannot Be Said: Paradoxes and Solutions from Indian Philosophy of Language, Frege and Russell”
5/1/99
Mark Siderits,
Professor of Philosophy,
Illinois State University
Topic: “Empty Persons: Madhyamaka, Simple Non-dualism and Concern for Others”
4/23/99
Huw Price,
Professor of Natural Metaphysics,
School of Philosophy,
University of Sydney, Australia
Topic: “Teleology and Time-Symmetry in Microphysics”
2/5/99
Wendy Doniger,
Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religions,
The Divinity School and Department of South Asian Language and Civilizations at the University of Chicago
Topic: “Gender and Memory in the Yogavasistha: The Case of Cudala”
12/4/98
Jay Garfield,
Chairman of Cognitive Sciences,
Smith College.
Topic: “Nagarjuna’s Account of Causality: Consequences of Sacred and Profane”
11/20/98
Henry Stapp,
Professor of Physics,
University of California, Berkeley
Topic: “Mental Force and Freewill in the Quantum Universe”
10/22/98
Johannes Bronkhorst,
Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies,
Lausanne University,
Switzerland
Topic: “The Peacock-Egg: Bhartrhari on Language and Reality”
3/13/98
Stephen Phillips,
Professor of Philosophy,
University of Texas at Austin
Topic: “Is Even Mystical Knowledge of a Non-Dual Brahman Possible?: A Casual Objection”
2/13/98
J.N. Mohanty,
Woodruff Professor of Philosophy,
Emory University
Topic: “Consciousness, Indian Philosophy, and Contemporary Physics: Prospects and Problems” and gave a seminar on the work of Hegel and Husserl.
“Quantum Physics and Vedanta”
10/17/97
A. Goswami,
Professor of Physics,
University of Oregon
Topic: “Quantum Physics and Vedanta”