The Problem of Pure ConsciousnessOxford University Press, Incorporated, 1997 - 307 páginas Are mystical experiences formed by the mystic's cultural background and concepts, as ""constructivists"" maintain, or do mystics sometimes transcend language, belief, and culturally conditioned expectations? Do mystical experiences differ throughout the various religious traditions, as""pluralists"" contend, or are they somehow ecumenical? The contributors to this collection scrutinize a common mystical experience, the ""pure consciousness event""--The experience of being awake but devoid of intentional content--in order to answer these questions. Through the use of historical Hindu, Buddhist, |
Índice
| 3 | |
Consciousness in Sāmkhya and Yoga | 53 |
Pure Consciousness and Indian Buddhism | 71 |
Eckhart Gezücken and the Ground of the Soul | 98 |
The Concept of Nothingness in Jewish Mysticism | 121 |
Contemporary Epistemology and the Study of Mysticism | 163 |
Mysticism and Its Contexts | 211 |
Almond | 220 |
Does the Philosophy of Mysticism Rest on a Mistake? | 237 |
On the Possibility of Pure Consciousness | 254 |
Is Mystical Experience Everywhere the Same? | 269 |
Norman Prigge and Gary E Kessler | 288 |
Contributors | 305 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The Problem of Pure Consciousness: Mysticism and Philosophy Robert K. C. Forman Vista previa restringida - 1990 |
The Problem of Pure Consciousness: Mysticism and Philosophy Robert K. C. Forman Vista previa restringida - 1990 |
The Problem of Pure Consciousness: Mysticism and Philosophy Robert K. C. Forman Vista de fragmentos - 1990 |
Términos y frases comunes
argue argument attainment of cessation ayin Azriel of Gerona beliefs Buddhist cognitive concepts constructed constructivism constructivist content of consciousness contentless cultural David ben Judah deconstruction described distinct divine ence epistemology essay experience of pure experiential forgetting Forman Gershom Scholem gezucket Gimello human Ibid identical Jewish Kabbalah kabbalists Kant Kantian Katz Katz's knowledge language logical Maggid means mediated Meister Eckhart mental events mind mystical claims mystical experience mystical traditions Mysticism and Religious ness nothingness notion object one's ordinary perennial philosophy Perush phenomenological attributes philosophical possible prakṛti pure consciousness event question reality Religion Religious Traditions samādhi Samkhya Scholem sciousness seems Sefer Sefer Yezirah sefirot sense shaped soul Stace structures study of mysticism texts theory thesis things thinking thought tion trans transcendent unconstructed awareness understanding unitive mystical experience University Press unmediated experience W. T. Stace yesh Yoga Yoga Sūtra Yogācāra York
Pasajes populares
Página 9 - There are NO pure (ie unmediated) experiences. Neither mystical experience nor more ordinary forms of experience give any indication, or any grounds for believing, that they are unmediated.
Referencias a este libro
Everyone Can Write: Essays toward a Hopeful Theory of Writing and Teaching ... Peter Elbow No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2000 |
The View from Within: First-person Approaches to the Study of Consciousness Jonathan Shear,Francisco J. Varela Vista previa restringida - 1999 |