Making Space for Knowing (eBook)

A Capacious Approach to Comparative Epistemology

Aaron B. Creller (Autor)

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2017
176 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-4709-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is a cross-cultural intervention in analytic epistemology that offers an alternative to the narrow conception of knowledge as justified true belief. It develops a framework for a comparative epistemology, illustrating the hermeneutic circularity of knowing to accurately and responsibly approach both Western and non-Western philosophy.

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Making Space for Knowing: A Capacious Approach to Comparative Epistemology is an intervention in mainstream Western epistemology, especially as it relates to theories of knowledge, knowing, and knowers. Through its focus on propositional knowledge, contemporary mainstream epistemology has narrowed the scope of the definition of "e;knowledge"e; to a point where it fails to accurately describe the structure of knowing and prevents a genuine understanding of "e;knowledge"e; across different contexts and cultures. By drawing on resources in analytic philosophy and hermeneutics, Aaron B. Creller outlines an approach to comparative epistemology that makes space for the particularity of non-Western approaches to knowing. It then further develops this model by engaging with classical Chinese philosophy and twentieth-century Chinese epistemologists, offering a set of best practices for comparative epistemology.

Autor

Aaron B. Creller is assistant professor at the University of North Florida.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: The Historical Narrative of Contemporary Conceptions of Analytic KnowledgeChapter Two: Contemporary Analytic Epistemology and the Problem of JustificationChapter Three: The Hermeneutic Structure of KnowingChapter Four: Classical Chinese 知 zhi and a Capacious Theory of KnowledgeChapter Five: Best Practices in Comparative EpistemologyBibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.12.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
• Schlagworte: Analytic philosophy • Asian Studies • Chinese epistemology • Chinese philosophy • Comparative epistemology • Comparative Philosophy • Confucius • Continental Philosophy • Cross-cultural Philosophy • Daoism • decolonial philosophy • epistemic practice • Epistemology • Feminist philosophy • Greek Philosophy • hermeneutics • Warring States • zhi • Zhuangzi
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-4709-5 / 1498547095
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-4709-3 / 9781498547093