Induction, Probability, and Skepticism - Brossura

Chattopadhyaya, D. P.

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ISBN 10: 0791406822 ISBN 13: 9780791406823

Casa editrice: State Univ of New York Pr, 1991

Riassunto

In this book, Chattopadhyaya examines the epistemological and methodological implications of induction and probability. Opposed to foundationalism and the thesis of certainty of human knowledge, he has defended a qualified form of fallibilism and constructive kind of skepticism.

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Informazioni sull?autore

D. P. Chattopadhyaya is Professor of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Calcutta. The author of thirteen books and over eighty articles, he was a past President of Indian Philosophical Congress. He is Chairman of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), and President of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Among his books are Individuals and Societies: A Methodological Inquiry; Individuals and Worlds: Essays in Anthropological Rationalism; Human Meanings and Existences; Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx; Knowledge, Freedom, and Language; and Anthropology and Historiography of Science.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: State Univ of New York Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0791406822
• ISBN 13: 9780791406823
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile