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SUMMARY:Correlative Thinking Across Cultures: from China to India - Dr Pao
 lo Visigalli (SOAS\, University of London)
DTSTART:20131113T193000Z
DTEND:20131113T210000Z
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CONTACT:Charles Li
DESCRIPTION:How did rational inquiry originate in ancient India? How did m
 ythical and religious ideas contribute to shaping the ways in which ancien
 t Indian thinkers explained the world and man’s role in it? This talk ex
 plores these great themes by focusing on the intellectual category of ‘c
 orrelative thought’ — a pattern of thinking that\, instead of privileg
 ing analytical and causal explanations\, describes the cosmos as a scheme 
 in which all entities are intimately interrelated.\n\nA recognised categor
 y in the study of the thought of other civilisations\, in particular ancie
 nt China and Greece\, ‘correlative thought’ has not yet been taken int
 o account by scholars working on ancient India. And this is a pity\, as th
 e application of this category to the Indian context promises to be a powe
 rful interpretive tool and a fascinating experiment in cross-cultural comp
 arison.\n\nWe will elucidate what is meant by ‘correlative thought’ an
 d test how its application to ancient India helps us gain fresh insights i
 nto several aspects of its civilisation\, including proto-linguistics\, ri
 tual\, and early philosophical thought.
LOCATION:Erasmus room\, Queens' College
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