Why study the Western culture?
Two substantial questions have been raised in response to what I wrote: (a) why do we need to study and understand the Western culture in order to access our own…
Read moreDoes Hinduism Exist?
(a) Which evidence (what kind of evidence) could prove the existence of Hinduism? (b) Idem. for the non-existence of Hinduism. I think these issues are far too important to allow…
Read moreWhich facts are relevant? Hipkapi and Hinduism
1. Many facts are interconnected within a culture. (The same applies to Nature too.) Some hypothesis or another notices some of these facts as facts, and it is able to…
Read more‘Hinduism’ and hipkapi: an Imaginary entity –S.N. Balagangadhara
1. What did the theory of gravitation do? Apart from describing the fall of bodies on earth, it also tied the motion of planets and the ebb and tide in…
Read moreOntological and epistemological commitments of ‘Hinduism’—S.N.Balagangadhara
1. The English word ‘Hinduism’ not only carries multiple meanings it also appears to refer to many different things. If the context of the discussion were to help us disambiguate…
Read moreOn Lorenzen’s “Who invented Hinduism?”
[For extended treatment on Lorenzen’s, check Orientalism, Postcolonialism and the Construction of Religion] Summary of Lorenzen’s article: “Lorenzen doesn’t only cite Jesuits and Muslims, but also ‘Hindus’ themselves. His main argument…
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