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  title info:
    title: Reason in an uncertain world
    sub title: Nyāya philosophers on argumentation and living well
  name:
    name part: Keating, Malcolm
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2024
    copyright date: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 210 pages) : illustrations.
  abstract: "A group of premodern Indian philosophers known as "Nyāya" had an influential account of epistemology and reasoning that they took to be crucial to living a good life. Reason in an Uncertain World introduces readers unfamiliar with Indian philosophy to what is distinctive in Nyāya approaches to knowledge and debate, explaining their ideas in relationship to ordinary examples readers can understand. What are the limits of our reasoning? What counts as good evidence for our beliefs? How do we know if someone is a trustworthy source of information? What do we do when we are gripped by doubt? When is a debate with someone worth our time, and how can we discuss contentious topics? This book argues that answers to these questions are as relevant today as they were in ancient India, and were the focus of Nyāya philosophy, one of the most influential traditions of Indian philosophy"--
  table of contents: Cover -- Reason in an Uncertain World -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Pronunciation Guide -- 1. Sanskrit, Sūtras, and Systems -- 2. Tools for Knowing: Introducing Nyāya's Pramāṇa Theory -- 3. Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: Reasoning with Inference -- 4. Recognizing and Avoiding Fakes: Counterfeit Inferences -- 5. Trustworthy Expert or Quack? Evaluating Testimony -- 6. Is That a Person or a Post? Doubt That Matters -- 7. You Can't Handle the Truth: Rules of Conduct for Reasoning Together -- 8. Nitpicky Literal-​Mindedness and Other Fallacies
  table of contents: 9. Points of Defeat: Twenty-​Two Ways to Lose an Argument -- 10. Controversies and Character: Concluding Thoughts -- Appendix: Further Reading and Study Questions -- Glossary of Terms -- Works Cited -- Index.
  note: Malcom Keating.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Reasoning
  subject:
    topic: Nyaya
  subject:
    topic: Hindu logic
  subject:
    topic: Nyāya
  subject:
    topic: Logique hindoue
  subject:
    topic: Eastern
  subject:
    topic: PHILOSOPHY
  subject:
    topic: Epistemology
  subject:
    topic: Ethics & Moral Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: History of philosophy, philosophical traditions
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy
  classification: B132.R415 K43 2024
  classification: 181/.43
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    origin info:
      publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
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  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 240605
    record change date: 20260319204929.7
    record identifier: in00005727211
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng