Project

Indian realism from contemporary perspective

Code
01D08913
Duration
01 November 2013 → 31 October 2019
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Language studies
    • Literary studies
    • Theory and methodology of philosophy
    • Philosophy
    • Ethics
    • Other philosophy, ethics and religious studies not elsewhere classified
Keywords
metaphysics space mind-body problem time causality personal identity comparative philosophy categories Indian philosophy
 
Project description

The research will focus on comparative philosophy, it will combine contemporary western metaphysics with the Indian metaphysics of the Nyaya-Vaisesika school. The four main points of interest are: 1. categories of being, 2. space and time and 3. the mind-body connection and personal identity.