Comparative approaches, especially those couched as “East/West” philosophy, are beset with simplification, projections, and biases, often resulting in narrowness and caricature. It is common to chase dead ends. To avoid this, responsible scholarship grounds itself in the historical and intertextual contexts of its sources. Scholars have rightly developed a deep respect for expertise, which preserves … Continue reading Virūpa, meet Fichte: Uncanny resonances in comparative philosophy