Knowing from Words: Western and Indian Philosophical Analysis of Understanding and Testimony

by A. Chakrabarti and Bimal Krishna Matilal

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792323459
• ISBN13: 9780792323457
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"