Birgit Kellner

Region of Interest

South Asia

Primary Country of Residence

Austria

Title

Ph.D; Research Fellow

Affiliation

Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, Vienna

Email

birgit.kellner@univie.ac.at

Mailing Address

Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
Vienna University
Uni-Campus AAKh, Hof 2
Spitalgasse 2-4
A-1090 Vienna - AUSTRIA

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: +43-1-4277-43707
FAX: +43-1-4277-9437

Countries of Specialization

India, China

Research Interests

Classical Indian Philosophy, especially Buddhist logic and epistemology.

M.A. and PhD-Work specialized on theories of negative cognition
(cognition of "non-existence") in Indian and Tibetan Philosophy.

M.A.Thesis:
Translation and interpretation of Santaraksita's Tattvasamgraha (with
-panjika) 1647-1690 on _abhava_ (revised and published, in German, in
Vienna 1997).

PhD: comprehensive study of post-Dharmakirtian Indian interpretations of
negative cognition (currently being revised for publication in English).

Currently engaged in a research-project regarding the
"form-question"/"aspect-problem" (sakarajnanavada/nirakarajnanavada) in Buddhist epistemology.

Also interested in Asian film studies.

Publications

Translation and interpretation of Santaraksita's Tattvasamgraha (with-panjika) 1647-1690 on _abhava_ (revised and published, in German, in
Vienna 1997).

Keywords

Tibetan philosophy ; religious history ; Indian philosophy ; Buddhist logic ; Buddhist epistemol.