[cross-posted to SARI-L] Dear Colleagues,
I'm pleased to announce that the Hindu Philosophy unit of the American Academy of Religion is sponsoring three sessions at the upcoming annual meeting (Nov. 18–21) in San Antonio, Texas. Please see below for details. Best wishes, Michael S. Allen Co-chair (with Parimal Patil), Hindu Philosophy Unit Associate Professor Department of Religious Studies University of Virginia ---------- A18-149 Roundtable Theme: On the Nature of Poetic Language: A Philosophical Roundtable Saturday, Nov. 18, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Grand Hyatt-Lonestar Ballroom, Salon D (2nd Floor) The poetic theorist Ānandavardhana famously held that in addition to the literal and implicative functions of language, poetry expresses meaning through a third, distinctive function: suggestion (*dhvani*, *vyañjanā*). Mukula Bhaṭṭa, in his *Abhidhāvṛttamātṛkā*, holds that there is no need to posit a third semantic function; implication (*lakṣaṇā*) suffices to explain the communicative power of poetry. This roundtable brings together five scholars to assess Mukula’s arguments, both in their historical context and in light of contemporary poetics. The goal of the format is to create a space for lively and rigorous discussion, rather than traditional paper presentations. A handout with the original Sanskrit and an English translation of selections from Mukula’s text will be provided. Panelists Malcolm Keating, Yale-NUS College Daniele Cuneo, Sorbonne nouvelle, Paris Alessandro Graheli, University of Toronto James Reich, Pace University Emily Lawson, University of British Columbia Business Meeting Michael Allen, University of Virginia, Presiding Parimal G. Patil, Harvard University, Presiding A19-221 Co-sponsored Session (with the Indian and Chinese Religions in Dialogue Unit) Theme: Crossing Lines: Theories of Knowledge in Practice Sunday, Nov. 19, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM San Antonio Convention Center-Room 212B (Meeting Room Level) Eyal Aviv, George Washington University, Presiding This panel brings together scholars of Indian and Chinese religious and philosophical traditions to explore how knowledge has been theorized and how theories have been applied. Our panel aims to create bridges and dialogue between diverse traditions and, across time, to look for patterns, divergences, and overlaps in bases of knowledge, construction of truth, and systematised practices between India and China. The panel includes papers on Jain, Nondual Śaiva, Confucian, Daoist, and Hindu epistemologies. Marie-Helene Gorisse, University of Birmingham Knowledge and liberation in Jainism: Insights from the Samayasāra Catherine Prueitt, University of British Columbia Knowing Emotions vs. Knowing through Emotions Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Tagore, Epistemology and the Making of the Indian Public Julianne Chung, York University Dreaming, and Being, with Zhuangzi, a Butterfly Alexus McLeod, Indiana University Is Knowledge Unqualifiedly Good? The Nature and Status of Knowledge in Early Confucian Texts A19-419 Papers Session Theme: Problems in Philosophical Theology: Embodiment, Soteriology, Infinite Regress Sunday, Nov. 19, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Grand Hyatt-Crockett A (4th Floor) Michael Allen, University of Virginia, Presiding Theism rose to new prominence among Hindu philosophers of the second millennium, and this in turn gave rise to new, creative approaches to problems in philosophical theology. This session will consider three such problems. The first paper considers what it means for God to have a body, focusing on Dvaita and Viśiṣṭādvaita responses to Nyāya and Mīmāṃsā critiques of the idea that God possesses a material body. The second paper discusses Vedāntadeśika’s approach to a problem in soteriology: if God is all-powerful, why does he not directly free souls trapped in saṃsāra? The third paper focuses on the problem of infinite regress, asking whether Vedāntins might be able to accept certain versions of the Cosmological Argument in spite of their commitment to the notion of beginningless karma. Sarang Patel, University of Chicago Divine and Material Bodies: Nyāya and Mīmāṃsā Talking Past Vedānta Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, Cornell University What’s the Use of God? The Śrīvaiṣṇavas’ Division between God and Soteriological Means Akshay Gupta, Independent Scholar To Infinity and Beyond: Three Interpretations of Beginningless Karman and Their Implications
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