Birgit Kellner

Biography

Birgit Kellner holds an MA (Mag. phil.) in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies from the University of Vienna (Austria) and a PhD in Indian Philosophy from the University of Hiroshima (Japan). She studied primarily with Ernst Steinkellner and KATSURA Shoryu. Her area of specialization is philosophical analysis within Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. More specifically, she focuses on epistemology and logic, the so-called pramāṇa school founded by Dignaga and Dharmakirti, in its Indian context and its manifold forms in Tibet. She investigates Buddhist philosophy in its philological dimensions and historical context, and with a view to its general philosophical significance.

Research Interest

Buddhist philosophy