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#postulation
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One source of knowledge, two, four, five or six? Why Indian schools argued over the count
I build credit-scoring models, and my working epistemology is Bayesian: there is one way to learn, which is to update on evidence. So I was surprised to find that classical Indian philosophers organised epistemology around a different question, how many sources of…
Started by Wanjiru Kamau5 replies151 views -
Devadatta is fat but never eats by day: is Mīmāṃsā “postulation” just inference to the best explanation?
When I teach sources of knowledge comparatively, I like to point out that the European and Indian debates ask different questions. The European one asks which source does the real work, senses or reason. The Indian one asks how many irreducible sources…
Started by Kenneth Leung Chi-ho5 replies195 views