Discussion with Dr. Howard Resnick on Eastern and Western Philosophy

Hṛdayānanda dāsa Goswāmī · Lecture · 1h 27m· Jan 2022

Harvard-trained Vaishnava scholar Howard Resnick (HD Goswami) argues against host Arjuna's academic clichés that the real East–West divide in philosophy is historical, not intellectual: Europe's murderous theological fanaticism drove thinkers into secularism, while India's freer debate culture never needed to split philosophy from theology.

comparative religion · eastern theology · epistemology · historical conflict · metaphysics · orthodoxy versus orthopraxis · philosophy of religion · religious extremism · scientific methodology · theism vs atheism · western skepticism


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