You are i nvited to the next Colloquia in our Winter 2022 Series on March 4th\, 2022\ , with Prof. Alison Simmons from Harvard University.
Abou t the Event:
"Beyond Dualism: The Case of Anne Conway"
Lecture by Alison Simmons\, Lecturer in Philosophy\, Professor of Philosophy\, University College London
February 18th\, 2022
3:00-5:00 p.m
BUCH A 201
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In classical South Asia\, philosophers often claimed that memory is n ot a means of knowledge acquisition. But some-especially Jain epistemologis ts-dissented from this standard view. They argued that conscious memories c an help us learn novel truths about past objects and experiences. In doing so\, these thinkers countenanced the possibility that we can acquire purely self-locating knowledge-knowledge about ourselves or our spatial or tempor al location-by means of memory alone. In this talk\, I will focus on a Nyay a philosopher\, Udayana (10th-11th century CE)\, who defended the standard view against this objection. I will reconstruct Udayana's account of memory \, and explain how he rules out the possibility of gaining purely self-loca ting knowledge by means of memory alone.
About Nilanjan Das
Nilanjan Das is a Lecturer in Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at University College London. Before coming to London\, he comp leted a PhD at MIT\, was a post-doctoral fellow at UNC Chapel Hill and taug ht at NYU Shangai.
Nilanjan works o n epistemology and Sanskrit philosophy.
In epistemology\, Nila njan likes thinking about connections between self-knowledge and rationalit y. In Sanskrit philosophy\, he tends to focus on debates between Buddhist a nd Brahminical thinkers about the nature of the self\, knowledge\, and self -knowledge. He is currently writing a book on the 12th century Indian philosopher and poet\, Śrīharṣa< /a>.
Note: "Due to COVID restrictions\, please note that this eve nt is closed to members of the public."
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