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HPI 50 - Marie-Hélène Gorisse on Jain Epistemology

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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Jain Epistemology and Their Perspective on Knowledge

This chapter explores the Jain perspective on knowledge, emphasizing the importance of adopting multiple viewpoints and classifying different types of knowledge. It also delves into their polemic against Buddhist theories of inference using the example of inferring the taste of a mango from its color.

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