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Knowing from Words: Western and Indian Philosophical Analysis of Understanding and Testimony (Synthese Library)
Bimal K. Matilal
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Hardcover. Translating from Sanskrit some contemporary Indian Pandits' reactions to Western analytic accounts of meaning and knowledge, this title is suitable for advanced undergraduates in philosophy, for researchers - in Australia, Asia, Europe or America - on epistemology, theory of meaning, and, Indian or comparative philosophy. Editor(s): Matilal, Bimal Krishna; Chakrabarti, Arindam. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 390 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
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.
`Is the response "I was told by an expert on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792323457
SKU
V9780792323457
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