It goes with the word "epistle" which is nigh a 'sermon'. It's fascinating one only ever gets the current Ahem, dispensation. It is as Whitehead had it with Theology. One gets the religious bias interpretation of every sect but never such a thing as general theology. In effect there's three versions, god apart from his'its creation, like laying an egg, god being its creation as "living in the presence" and god watching its brood and doing a miracle tinker every now and then. And Catholic theology mangled it up quite well. How many ways can one understand in order to "know"?
The really funny thing is that all epistemologies around are intuitively hatched and converted into dogma in highly selective ways. Just like Descartes is'was misinterpreted into the material hypothesis. I recall being told off at Varsity for having the temerity to read the original instead of the textbook handout. My definition of gnosiology is, now on onelook: "▸ noun: the strategy of using knowledge, from gnosis correlative to "to know"." One could pull the same hat trick, oops rhetorical deployment, for epistemology. The applied forms insist on logic which none of the originators ever use. The same is done in politics and anybody who believes politics originated disinformation better ask for a refund on their education. "“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” - Gautama Buddha ""“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”--Upton Sinclair ""HINTZ PAGELS :"We live in the wake of a physics revolution comparable to the Copernican demolition of the anthropocentric world -- a revolution which began with the invention of the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics in the first decades of this century and which has left most educated people behind." ET CE TERA, He failed to mention the whole device is older than Sanscrit. It has the Rg Veda, its constructivist features and three baskets of the other Vedas, glyphed as the three faced head of Brahm, with ten avatars or incarnations or embodiments. Like Math and language Epistemology has no foundation except in the make up and process of mind. adrian Sam Carana wrote: > Indeed, Adrian, it's very interesting to take the various Indian > perspectives in response to questions such as: > "What is Epistemology?" > > I started this thread back in 2005 by posting the following defition: > "Epistemology: The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of > knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and > validity." > > http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology/browse_thread/thread/dde394624efcc033 > > .. I added the following Etymological Roots: > "Greek epistm, knowledge (from epistasthai, epist-, to understand : > epi-, epi- + histasthai, middle voice of histanai, to place, > determine; > see st- in Indo-European Roots) + -logy." > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=epistemology > > ... and then posted the following questions: > > 1. What is knowledge? Can one person claim or believe to have > specific > knowledge, while someone else claims or believes something else or > even the > direct opposite? > > 2. What are the foundations and presuppositions of knowledge? Can we > pre-assume that knowledge exists and can be obtained and exchanged? > If so, how can one obtain knowledge? What methodologies are > (un)acceptable or (in)appropriate when gaining, changing and > exchanging > knowledge? > > 3. What is the extent of knowledge? What is the difference between > information, impressions, feelings, predictions and knowledge? What is > the > difference between scientific knowledge and other knowledge (if such > knowledge exists in the first place)? > > 4. How valid is knowledge and how can such validity be assessed? What > if > some knowledge is inconsistent with some other knowledge? Should we > seek > ways to reconcile differences? > > 5. Finally, what is the width of epistemology? Is epistemology > restricted > to the study of knowledge, or does it also cover issues like > conscience, > belief, logic, principles, values, science, feelings and information? > If > epistemology is limited, does this limit its philosophical > conclusions? > > Personally, I am very interested in Indian philosophy, where Veda > means 'knowledge', which is generally seen as a body of Vedic 'texts' > or Hindu 'scriptures', even though the Samaveda (Sanskrit: सामवेद, > sāmaveda, from sāman "melody" + veda "knowledge" ), which is the third > of the four Vedas, consists of a collection (samhita) of hymns and > verses, to be sung, using melodies called Samagana, by the caraṇa, > i.e. followers of this school of philosophy. My name Sam Carana > indicates this preference for singing, as opposed to 'knowledge' that > was written down and therefore has become static and detached from > meaning and intent. > > Cheers! > Sam Carana > > > On Nov 18, 1:35 am, adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yep, India has, formally stated, six philosophies, although one can count >> more. Sankhya or Samkhya >> is like therevada also unified, as is currently in the west quantum physics. >> India, with polytheism, >> does not have theology either. Anybody can pick whichever godling they like. >> If one goes back to >> earlier versions of a more earth global kind there's no such thing as >> epistemology or ontology >> either. What about tripitaka or the three baskets of knowledge? What about >> njana, yoga and and >> bhakti and all that? >> >> adrian >> >> Sam Carana wrote: >>> Thanks for that, Sinhalaya, this issue is worth more thought. >>> Cheers! >>> Sam Carana >>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Sinhalaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> In Theravada philosophical tradition (based on Buddhism) there is no >>>> two subjects as epistemology and ontology. It takes both as single >>>> corpus of knowledge. It does not accept that the knowledge is >>>> objective and there is a reality beyond the mind and senses. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
