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Considering the amount of work that has been done by scholars attempting to interpret Śamkarācārya’s philosophy, the disparity among the various interpretations is rather remarkable. Confining ourselves to epistemology, we may note that on such a basic point as to whether Śaṃkara was an epistemological realist or an idealist one can find noteworthy authority for both views — or rather, for a variety of views spanning the full spectrum between the extremes. One purpose of this paper is to try to make a bit of headway toward identifying factors contributing to the disagreement.
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Potter, K.H. (1979). Was Gauḍapāda an Idealist?. In: Nagatomi, M., Matilal, B.K., Masson, J.M., Dimock, E.C. (eds) Sanskrit and Indian Studies. Studies of Classical India, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8941-2_10
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