Karl Harrington Potter Explained

Karl Harrington Potter
Birth Date:	19 August 1927
Birth Place:	Oakland, California, U.S.
Death Date:	January 11, 2022 (aged 94)
Death Place:	Lake Forest Park, Washington
Occupation:	Indologist
Parents:	George Reuben Potter, Mabel Harrington
Awards:	Padma Shri (2011)

Karl Harrington Potter (August 19, 1927 – January 11, 2022^[1]) was an American-born writer, academic, and Indologist,^[2] from the University of Washington.^[3] He studied at the University of California,^[4] as well as Harvard University^[5] and is known for his writings on Indian philosophy.

Potter has served as a Professor, of the department of Philosophy and South Asian Studies at the University of Washington.^[6] He has been called an eminent scholar by his peers.^[7]

He is credited with a number of books on the topic.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} The Government of India honored Potter in 2011 with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.^{[12] [13]} Potter died in January 2022, at the age of 94.^[14]

Selected works

Monographs

• Book: Harold G. Coward, Karl H. Potter . The Philosophy of the Grammarians . Delhi . . 2008 . 9788120803077.
• Book: Karl H. Potter . Presuppositions of India's Philosophies . Prentice Hall of India . 1965.

Bibliography

• BIBLIOGRAPHY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHIES - published online after three printed editions as volume I of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies (see below): 1st edition 1970; 2nd revised 1983; 3rd revised 1995), updated at least twice a year since 1996, new interface of the website since March 2000, during the last years a joint effort with a group of assistants. Last edition 15.04.2020 Internet Archive copy.

General editor

• Encyclopedia: Potter . Karl H. . Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies . Delhi . . 1970–2019 . 1–25., now (2023) distributed by Exotic India Art. See the full list of volumes at Potter's website, up till August 2019, and at the publisher's website.

See also

• Indian philosophy
• Indology

External links

• Bibliography on Indian Philosophies - version without diacritical marks, complete, dated 15.04.2020, probably the last one uploaded by K.Potter to Internet (archived by the Wayback Machine of the Internet Archive on 08.05.2021, accessed 03.04.2023). Version with full diacritical marks, linked therefrom, is unfortunately incomplete - some sections are as old as of 2017.
• Book: Profile on WorldCat . WorldCat . 2014 . 91697.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Karl Harrington Potter (19 August 1927 – 11 January 2022) H-Asia H-Net . 2022-07-19 . networks.h-net.org.
2. Web site: Gulf News . Gulf News . January 26, 2011 . November 28, 2014.
3. News: The Hindu . March 26, 2011 . November 28, 2014. Sunderarajan . P. .
4. Book: Register - University of California, Volume 2 . University of California Press . University of California . 1949.
5. Web site: Karl H. Potter | Department of Philosophy | University of Washington.
6. Douglas Daye (1979), Review: Indian Metaphysics and Epistemology: The Tradition of Nyāya-Vaiśesika up to Gaṅgeśa by Karl H. Potter, Philosophy East and West, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr. 1979), pp. 245–247
7. [Mikel Burley]
8. Book: Profile on WorldCat . WorldCat . 2014 . 91697.
9. Book: The Philosophy of the Grammarians . Motilal Banarsidass . Harold G. Coward, Karl Harrington Potter . 2008 . 609 . 9788120803077.
10. Book: Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies . Motilal Banarsidass . Karl Harrington Potter . 2009 . 705.
11. Book: Presuppositions of India's Philosophies . Prentice Hall of India Pvt Limited . Karl Harrington Potter . 1965 . 276.
12. Web site: Padma Shri . Padma Shri . 2014 . November 11, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . October 15, 2015 .
13. Calif. Scientist Among Expats Named for Padma Shri . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206005317/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/58714769/calif-scientist-among-expats-named-padma-shri . dead . December 6, 2014 . Newspaper . Newspaper . February 2011 . 36 . 11 . 34.
14. Web site: Remembering Emeritus Professor Karl Potter. phil.washington.edu.