Stephen Phillips (academic)
Stephen H. Phillips | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher, sanskritist, academic, and author |
| Academic background | |
| Education | A.B. Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Harvard College Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |
Stephen H. Phillips is an American philosopher, sanskritist, academic, and author. He is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Phillips' research interests encompass Vedanta, Nyaya, and Yoga, alongside topics in philosophy of religion, meta-philosophy, and theory of value, focusing primarily on Indian philosophy. He has published over 60 papers in scholarly venues.
Phillips has authored/co-authored eleven books, including a three-volume translation of the Tattva-cintā-maṇi, Yoga, Karma, and Rebirth: A Brief History and Philosophy, and Epistemology in Classical India: The Knowledge Sources of the Nyāya School. He also co-authored the Nyāya-sūtra: Selections with Early Commentaries with Matthew Dasti, and God and the World's Arrangement with Nirmalya Guha and Dasti.