This is not a book in the commercial sense; it is my PhD dissertation, available online via my PhilPapers page. It marks the beginning of my mature research program. In this work, I address a central problem: how translation can...
Year
2025
Colonialism, Epistemology, Ethics, Executive Functioning, Logic, Meaning of Life, Metaphysics, Philosophy of AI, Philosophy of Language and Translation, Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Religion
The publisher imposed a strict 90,000-word limit on the book, which meant that I had to leave out much of the research history that led to it. I plan on writing a Substack on it and will link that here....
Year
2025
Hinduism: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation explores Hinduism and the distinction between the secular and religious on a global scale. According to Ranganathan, a careful philosophical study of Hinduism reveals it as the microcosm of philosophical disagreements with Indian resources, across...
Year
2025
Colonialism, Ethics, Executive Functioning, Logic, Meaning of Life, Philosophy of Language and Translation, Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Religion
Providing a decolonial, action-focused account of Yoga philosophy, this practical work from Dr. Shyam Ranganathan, pioneering scholar in the field of Indian moral philosophy, focuses on the South Asian tradition to explore what Yoga was like prior to colonization. It...
Year
2025
Epistemology, Ethics, Executive Functioning, Logic, Meaning of Life, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language and Translation, Translations
Patañjali’s Yoga Sutra (second century CE) is the basic text of one of the nine canonical schools of Indian philosophy. In it the legendary author lays down the blueprint for success in yoga, now practiced the world over. Patañjali draws...