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HPI 19 - When in Doubt - the Rise of Skepticism

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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The Paradox of Inquiry

Shankara: If we don't know what Brahma-man is, how can we go in search of it? He says the realist thinkers who were most interested in epistemology failed to confront this problem directly. Shankara: Inquiry begins not from a cognitive blank state, but from partial understanding or uncertain belief.

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