| Making Space for Knowing: A Capacious Approach to Comparative Epistemology Contributor(s): Creller, Aaron B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498547087 ISBN-13: 9781498547086 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $109.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Mind & Body - History | Asia - General - Philosophy | Epistemology |
| Dewey: 121 |
| LCCN: 2017048264 |
| Series: Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 "knowledge" to a point where it fails to accurately describe the structure of knowing and prevents a genuine understanding of "knowledge" 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. |