What Can't Be Said

What Can't Be Said
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9780197526187
ISBN-13 : 0197526187
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Book Synopsis What Can't Be Said by : Yasuo Deguchi

Download or read book What Can't Be Said written by Yasuo Deguchi and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Paradox drives a good deal of philosophy in every tradition. In the Indian and Western traditions, there is a tendency among many (but not all) philosophers to run from contradiction and paradox. If and when a contradiction appears in a theory, it is regarded as a sure sign that something has gone amiss. This aversion to paradox commits them, knowingly or not, to the view that reality must be consistent. In East Asia, however, philosophers have reacted to paradox differently. Many East Asian philosophers-both in the Daoist and the Buddhist traditions-have openly embraced paradox. They have taken compelling arguments for contradictory positions to suggest that the world is-at least in some respects, and often in very deep respects-inconsistent, and that our best theories of the world will therefore be inconsistent. This book is an initial survey of the writings of some influential East Asian thinkers who were committed to paradox, and for good reason. Their acceptance of contradiction allowed them to develop important insights that evaded those who consider paradox out of bounds"--


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