Parimal Patil
Parimal Patil is a philosopher and intellectual historian of religion who is interested in South Asian intellectual practices and their relevance to much broader issues in The Study of Religion, Philosophy, and Area Studies. He is particularly interested in Indian Buddhism, its intellectual history in Southern Asia, and Buddhist, Hindu, and Jaina debates in aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of language. His current work includes a book length project on one such debate during the "final phase" of Buddhism in India, and articles on Sanskrit narrative literature, epistemology, and philosophy of language. More recently, he has become interested in classical South Asian literature and literary theory, and its relevance to contemporary historiography, ethics, and literary theory. Other research and teaching interests include, contemporary method and theory in the study of religion; Euro-American philosophy of religion; Sanskrit language, literature, and poetics; and Hindu studies.