Jed Forman
| PersonType | Category:Translators |
|---|---|
| FirstName / namefirst | Jed |
| LastName / namelast | Forman |
| MainNamePhon | Jed Forman |
| SortName | Forman, J. |
| bio | Jed Forman received his undergrad in philosophy from Tufts University with a special certificate for additional studies in Ethics, Law, and Society. After college, he had a successful seven-year career as a computer programmer and street dancer, performing and teaching in New York, LA, and internationally.
Jed received his M.S. with distinction in Kinesiology and Dance from California State University Northridge in 2014. He thereafter returned to his interest in Buddhist philosophy, entering the doctoral program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Completing his research in India under Fulbright and American Institute of Indian Studies grants, he graduated in 2021. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, he was hired as the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Assistant Professor in Buddhist Studies at Simpson College in Indianola, IA. He is co-author of Knowing Illusion with the Yakherds on the epistemology of Taktsang Lotsāwa. Jed also recently completed his monograph, Out of Sight, Into Mind, which explores yogic perception and its intellectual development from India to Tibet, as well as its connections to Western philosophy. It will be published by Columbia University Press. His research interests include Buddhist epistemology, the cognitive science approach to religion, and phenomenology. {https://simpson.academia.edu/JedForman Source: Simpson Academia, Accessed January 9, 2025]} |
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