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

Creller, Aaron B.

ISBN 10: 1498547087 / ISBN 13: 9781498547086

Published by Lexington Books, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Space for Knowing: A Capacious Approach to Comparative Epistemology (Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498547087
• ISBN 13: 9781498547086
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used

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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.

About the Author

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