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About Malcolm Keating

Malcolm Keating is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yale-NUS College. His research focuses on Sanskrit philosophy of language and epistemology. He is the author of Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy (Bloomsbury Press, 2019) and host of the podcast Sutras (and stuff).
When he's not podcasting for NBN or his own podcast, Sutras (and stuff), Malcolm teaches philosophy at Yale-NUS College.
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NBN Episodes hosted by Malcolm:

Language November 24, 2020

Indian Perspectives on Consciousness, Language and Self

The School of Recognition on Linguistics and Philosophy of Mind

Marco Ferrante

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
For many Indian philosophers, language is inextricably tied up with conceptualization. In Indian Perspectives on Consciousness, Language and Self (Routledge, 2020), Marco Ferrante shows how a set of tenth century philosophers living in Kashmir argue for the existence of a self on the basis of the interrelationship between linguistic concepts and mental experience, against the criticism of Buddhists. In his examination of Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta, famous for their membership in …
Literary Studies October 28, 2020

How Dead Languages Work

Coulter George

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
After reading How Dead Languages Work (Oxford University Press 2020), Coulter George hopes you might decide to learn a bit of ancient Greek or Sanskrit, or maybe dabble in a …
Communications October 8, 2020

All Bullshit and Lies?

Insincerity, Irresponsibility, and the Judgment of Untruthfulness

Chris Heffer

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
The implied answer to the titular question of All Bullshit and Lies? (Oxford University Press, 2020) is no, it’s not. In this book, subtitled Insincerity, Irresponsibility, and the Judgment of …
South Asian Studies September 1, 2020

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy of Language

Alessandro Graheli

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy of Language (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020) spans over two thousand years of inquiry into language in the Indian subcontinent. Edited by Alessandro Graheli, project …
British Studies July 29, 2020

Language and the Making of Modern India

Nationalism and the Vernacular in Colonial Odisha, 1803-1953

Pritipuspa Mishra

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
The province of Odisha, previously “Orissa,” was the first linguistically organized province of India. In Language and the Making of Modern India: Nationalism and the Vernacular in Colonial Odisha, 1803-195 …
East Asian Studies July 23, 2020

Philosophy of Language, Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy

Bo Mou

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
Contributors to Philosophy of Language, Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy, edited by Bo Mou, professor of philosophy at the San Jose State University, bring together work on the syntax and semantics …
South Asian Studies July 17, 2020

A Śabda Reader

Language in Classical Indian Thought

Johannes Bronkhorst

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
In A Śabda Reader: Language in Classical Indian Thought (Columbia University Press, 2019), Johannes Bronkhorst, emeritus professor at the University of Lausanne, makes the case through an extensive introduction and …
Literary Studies March 19, 2020

Language of the Snakes

Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India

Andrew Ollett,

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
Andrew Ollett, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, argues in his book, Language of the Snakes (University of California Press, 2017) …