Natalia Kanaeva

Year and Place of Birth

12^th December, 1953 

Education

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. in Philosophy (1990). Ph.D. Thesis: «Проблема выводного знания в Индии VIII в. (на материале «Таттвасанграхи» Шантаракшиты с комментарием «Панджика» Камалашилы)» (“Anumāna Problem in India in 8th Century (on the material of Śāntaraksita’s “Tattvasańgraha  and Kamalaśīla’s Pañjkā)”) at Philosophy Department of the Moscow State University.

Field of Studies

Indian Culture (especially Philosophy, Epistemology and Logic).

Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Oriental Philosophies in the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Teaching
 

Philosophy;

History and Theory of the Modern comparative studies in Philosophy;

Indian Traditional Philosophy;

Indian Epistemology.

Special course:  „Indian Traditional Philosophy”

(Annotation)

The aim of this course is the presentation of the original Philosophical tradition and its beginning in vedic mythological world view and special brahmanic sciences. In the first theme there are considered the definition of “Indian philosophy” and the methodological problems of it’s study. There are also given the outline of Sanskrit literature in which the philosophical problems, terms and conceptions began to shape.

In the second theme there are presented the first philosophers and the first philosophical schools (ajivikas, jainas, bouddhists). Then in themes 3–8 we shall look on the main systems of Indian philosophy: Carvaka-Lokayata, Jainism, Bouddhism, Sankhya, Yoga, Mimansa, Vedanta, Nyaya and Vaisheshika. We’ll see the chief thinkers, their works and principal doctrines of nine systems of philosophy.

List of Publications 

Books:
1.    Kuznetsov V.G., Egorov U.D., Kanaeva N.A. Kurs lekciy po logike: Uchebnoie posobiye. —  Logic. Lectures: Tutorial. In 2 pt. / M.: MMBSI RF, 1996. — 84+76 p.
2.    Egorov U.D., Kanaeva N.A., Davletshin V.R. Kurs lekciy po philosophii: Uchebnoie posobiye. .— Philosophy . Lectures: Tutorial.  M.: MMBSI of Russia, 2000. — 200 p.
3.    Kanaeva N.A. Problema vyvodnogo znaniya v Indii. — The Problem of inferential knowledge in India // Kanaeva N.A., Zabolotnyh E.L. Problema vyvodnogo znaniya v Indii / N.A. Kanaeva. Logiko-epistemologicheskiye vzglyady Dignagi i ego ideinyh preemnikov / E.L. Zabolotnyh. M.: Vostochnaya Literatura, 2002. — 326 p.
4.    Kanaeva N.A. Indiiskaya Philosophiya drevnosti i srednevekovya: Uchebnoie posobiye. — Indian Philosophy in Ancient and Medieval Ages: Tutorial. M.: IPh RAS, 2008. — 256 p. 
5.    Kuznetsov V.G., Egorov U.D., Kanaeva N.A. Osnovy logiki. Uchebnoie posobiye. — Basics of Logic: Tutorial. M.: MMBSI—MSU— IPh RAS, 2010. — 171 p.

Papers:
1. Abhidharmakosha, Artha-kriya-karitva, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Buddhist Epistemology and Logic, Vijnana-vada, Vyapti, Gangesha, Dignaga, Dharmakirti, Dharmottara, Yogacara, Kamalashila, Kshanika-vada, Navya-nyaya, Pramana-samuccaya, Sarvastivada, Svalakshana, Sthaviravada, Tathata // New Philosophical Encyclopedia. In 4 vols. M.: Think, 2000—2001.
2. Kulturny sintez Sarvepalli Radhakrishnana. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s Cultural Synthesis // Alive Tradition. For 75th Anniversary of Indian Philosophical Congress. M.: Publishing Firm “Vostochnaya Literatura”, 2000.
3. Abhidharma, Anumana, Ahimsa, Buddhists Schools, Vedanta, Vedic Literature, Vedas, Vijnana, Indian Epistemology, Darshana, Jiva, Jnana, Jnana-marga, Dharma, Indian Philosophy, Yoga, Karma, Karma-marga, Lokayata, Maya, Mimansa, Moksha, Nirvana, Nyaya, and other articles // The Philosophical Terms Dictionary. M.: Moscow State University, INFRA-M, 2004.
4. Indo yogachara-ha ni okeru kalpanā to vikalpa — yj gainan ni zuite (Japanese). — The Concepts of Kalpanā and Vikalpa in Indian Yogācāra // The Journal of Oriental Studies: The Institute of Oriental Philosophy. Tokyo. 2008. Vol.47. № 2. P.83-100.
5. Dubiansky A.M., Kanaeva N.A., Gorohovik E.M. Induism. — Hinduism // Bolshaya Rossiiskaya Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. М.: Nauchnoie Izdatelstvo “Bolshaya Rossiiskaya Encyclopedia”, 2008. P. 345—353.
6. Indiiskaya Philosophia. — Indian Philosophy // Novaya Rossiiskaya Encyclopedia. Vol. VI/2. М., 2010. P. 331-335.
7. Polemics between Buddhists and Jainas about the rules of Inference as presented in the Tattvasańgraha by Śāntaraksita and the Commentary Pañjikā by Kamalaśīla // Russia looks at India: A Spectrum of Philosophical Views. New Delhi: ICPR, 2010. Р. 169—194.
8. Rol Bimala Krishny Matilala v formirovanii sovremennoi paradigmy kross-kulturnogo philosophskogo issledovaniya. — The Role of Bimal Krishna Matilal in the creation of the modern paradigm of cross-cultural philosophical studies // Istoriko-philosophsky ejegodnik 2010. M., 2011. P. 415—441.
9. Logika v Indii. — Indian Logic // Bolshaya Rossiiskaya Encyclopedia. Vol. 17. М.: Nauchnoie Izdatelstvo “Bolshaya Rossiiskaya Encyclopedia”, 2010. P. 729—730.
10. O nekotoryh ogranitcheniyah jainskoy epistemologii. Tesisy doklada. — About some restrictions of Jaina epistemology. Abstracts // Materials of International scientific conference in memorial of  G.M. Bongard-Levin. December 15, 2010 г. М.: IOS RAS, 2010. P. 49–51.

Translations from Sanskrit:
1.    “Anumāna-parīkşā” from Tattvasańgraha by Śāntarakşita with Pañjikā of Shri Kamalaśīla // Kanaeva N.A., Zabolotnyh E.L. Problema vyvodnogo znaniya v Indii / N.A. Kanaeva. Logiko-epistemologicheskiye vzglyady Dignagi I ego ideinyh preemnikov / E.L. Zabolotnyh. M.: Vostochnaya Literatura, 2002. P. 132—183.
2.    Kalyanamalla. Anangaranga. Fragments // SMARANAM. For the Memory of Oktyabrina Volkova / Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences, 2006. P. 122—140.
3.    Vinaya Vijaya Maharaja. Naya-karnika / Tr. From Sanskrit // History of Philosophy. No 14. 2009. P. 240-261.

Participation at congresses and conferences
 

• IVth Russian Philosophical Congress. Moscow, 24—28 May 2005. Papers title: “Polemics about the Problem of logical consequence in Medieval India”;

• Vth International Conference in Oriental studies (Torchinovskiye chteniya). Sanct-Petersburg, 6—9 February 2008. Papers title: “Formal aspects of Indian Logic”;

• Russian-Japanese Symposia “Buddhist Philosophy in the Polycultural Context”. Moscow, 11—12 September 2008. Papers title: “The Concepts of Kalpanā and Vikalpa in Indian Yogācāra”;

• VIth International Conference in Oriental studies (Torchinovskiye chteniya). Sanct-Petersburg, 3—6 February 2010. Papers title: “The Contribution of Indian logician B.K. Matilal in the alteration of the qualification of Indian Philosophy and Logic from the West”;

• Ist Asian Philosophy Congress. Delhi, 6—9 March 2010. Papers title: “The Contribution of Bimal Krishna Matilal to the new Paradigm of Comparative Philosophy and Comparative Logic”.