Making Space for Knowing: A Capacious Approach to Comparative Epistemology (Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion) - Hardcover

Book 11 of 25: Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion

Aaron B. Creller

 
9781498547086: Making Space for Knowing: A Capacious Approach to Comparative Epistemology (Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion)

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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

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