Induction, Probability, and Skepticism - Couverture souple

Chattopadhyaya, D. P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791406822 ISBN 13 : 9780791406823

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1991

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791406822
• ISBN 13: 9780791406823
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible