About Alexus McLeod

Alexus McLeod is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Asian/Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut.

NBN Episodes hosted by Alexus:

Paul Goldin, "The Art of Chinese Philosophy: Eight Classical Texts and How to Read Them" (Princeton UP, 2020)

December 21, 2020

The Art of Chinese Philosophy

Paul Goldin
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Paul Goldin's book The Art of Chinese Philosophy: Eight Classical Texts and How to Read Them (Princeton UP, 2020) provides an unmatched introduction t…

David Chai, "Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness" (SUNY Press, 2018)

November 20, 2020

Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness

David Chai
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Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness (SUNY Press, 2018) offers a radical rereading of the Daoist classic Zhuangzi by bringing to light the role of…

Shay Welch, "The Phenomenology of a Performative Knowledge System" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)

April 29, 2020

The Phenomenology of a Performative Knowledge System

Shay Welch
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In The Phenomenology of a Performative Knowledge System: Dancing with Native American Epistemology (Palgrave Macmillian, 2019), Shay Welch investigate…

Malcolm Keating, "Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy" (Bloomsbury, 2019)

September 20, 2019

Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy

Malcolm Keating
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Philosophy of Language was a central concern in classical Indian Philosophy. Philosophers in the tradition discussed testimony, pragmatics, and the re…

Ethan Mills, "Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Harsa" (Lexington Books, 2018)

February 20, 2019

Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India

Ethan Mills
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Skepticism has a long history in the Western tradition, from Pyrrhonian Skepticism in the Hellenistic period to more contemporary forms of skepticism …