Reason in an Uncertain World is a guide to critical thinking with an ancient Indian philosophical tradition that took logic as seriously as it did meditation, ethics, and personal cultivation. The book explains how this tradition, known as Ny¿ya, brings together ways of knowing with ways of living and relieving suffering. For the Ny¿ya philosophers, knowing and reflecting on our knowing is an individual and communal practice. It involves vigorous debate as well as trusting reliable testifiers, seeing with our own eyes as well as drawing complex inferences about the unseen.
Reason in an Uncertain World is a guide to critical thinking with an ancient Indian philosophical tradition that took logic as seriously as it did meditation, ethics, and personal cultivation. The book explains how this tradition, known as Ny¿ya, brings together ways of knowing with ways of living and relieving suffering. For the Ny¿ya philosophers, knowing and reflecting on our knowing is an individual and communal practice. It involves vigorous debate as well as trusting reliable testifiers, seeing with our own eyes as well as drawing complex inferences about the unseen.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Malcolm Keating is Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy at Smith College. His research focuses on philosophy of language, epistemology, and argumentation in Indian philosophy, especially the traditions of Ny¿ya and M¿m¿¿s¿.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgments * Introduction * Pronunciation Guide * Chapter 1: Sanskrit, S tras, and Systems * Chapter 2: Tools for Knowing: Introducing Ny ya's Pram a Theory Chapter 3: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: Reasoning with Inference * Chapter 4: Recognizing and Avoiding Fakes: Counterfeit Inferences * Chapter 5: Trustworthy Expert or Quack? Evaluating Testimony * Chapter 6: Is that a Person or a Post? Doubt That Matters * Chapter 7: You Can't Handle the Truth: Rules of Conduct for Reasoning Together * Chapter 8: Nitpicky Literal-Mindedness and Other Fallacies * Chapter 9: Points of Defeat: Twenty-two Ways to Lose an Argument * Chapter 10: Controversies and Character: Concluding Thoughts * Glossary * Appendix: Further Reading and Study Questions * Works Cited * Index
* Acknowledgments * Introduction * Pronunciation Guide * Chapter 1: Sanskrit, S tras, and Systems * Chapter 2: Tools for Knowing: Introducing Ny ya's Pram a Theory Chapter 3: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: Reasoning with Inference * Chapter 4: Recognizing and Avoiding Fakes: Counterfeit Inferences * Chapter 5: Trustworthy Expert or Quack? Evaluating Testimony * Chapter 6: Is that a Person or a Post? Doubt That Matters * Chapter 7: You Can't Handle the Truth: Rules of Conduct for Reasoning Together * Chapter 8: Nitpicky Literal-Mindedness and Other Fallacies * Chapter 9: Points of Defeat: Twenty-two Ways to Lose an Argument * Chapter 10: Controversies and Character: Concluding Thoughts * Glossary * Appendix: Further Reading and Study Questions * Works Cited * Index
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