A number of traditional philosophers and religious thinkers advocated an ineffability thesis to the effect that the ultimate reality cannot be expressed as it truly is by human concepts and words. But this thesis has been criticized consistency of this thesis. After introducing certain criticisms set forth by the critics and examining the disputable solution offered by John Hick, the author attends to Bhartrhari's solution to tackle the main problem here. This fifth-century Indian grammarian-philosopher's strategy, based on the imposition-cum-negation method, is then enlarged and supplemented to deal with the criticisms and related issues.
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Prologue 409 The Criticisms 409 Hick’s Solution 411 Bhartṛhari’s Solution 412 Knowing More than We Can Tell 416 Responses to the Criticisms 418 Absolute Ineffability 420 Epilogue 421 Notes 423
