Understanding, Knowing and Justification

Autor: Bimal Krishna Matilal
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Knowing from Words ISBN: 9789048142873
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2018-2_17
Popis: In today’s world, with the spread of the study of Social Anthropology and/or ethnography as well as our resultant acquaintance with other cultures, we are frequently trained to assert our understanding of a culture or a religion or a world-view that is not our own. In this context the word “understanding” takes on a new meaning. When we say that we have an understanding, that is, a non-committal comprehension of a religious doctrine, we are guarding ourselves from saying that we believe in such a doctrine. Inter-cultural studies open up the possibility of such commitment-less understanding.
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