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Knowing from Words
. Ed(S): Matilal, Bimal Krishna; Chakrabarti, A.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Matilal, Bimal Krishna; Chakrabarti, A. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 390 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPD; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
Never before, in any anthology, have contemporary epistemologists and philosophers of language come together to address the single most neglected important issue at the confluence of these two branches of philosophy, namely: Can we know facts from reliable reports? Besides Hume's subversive discussion of miracles and the literature thereon, testimony has been bypassed by most Western philosophers; whereas in classical Indian (Pramana) theories of evidence and knowledge philosophical debates have raged for centuries about the status of word-generated knowledge.
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Never before, in any anthology, have contemporary epistemologists and philosophers of language come together to address the single most neglected important issue at the confluence of these two branches of philosophy, namely: Can we know facts from reliable reports? Besides Hume's subversive discussion of miracles and the literature thereon, testimony has been bypassed by most Western philosophers; whereas in classical Indian (Pramana) theories of evidence and knowledge philosophical debates have raged for centuries about the status of word-generated knowledge.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048142873
SKU
V9789048142873
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