Isbn: 9780195109764 - the problem of pure consciousness: mysticism and philosophy (9 Ergebnisse)

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First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and creased. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 307 pages : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographies. Contents; Introduction : mysticism, constructivism, and forgetting / Robert K.C. Forman I. The empirical investigation. The unseen seer and the field : consciousness in Sa?m?khya and yoga / Christopher Chapple Pure consciousness and Indian Buddhism / Paul J. Griffiths Eckhart, Gezu?cken, and the ground of the soul / Robert K.C. Forman Ayin : the concept of nothingness in Jewish mysticism / Daniel C. Matt. II. The philosophical investigation. Contemporary epistemology and the study of mysticism / Daniel Rothberg Mysticism and its contexts / Philip C. Almond Are pure consciousness events unmediated? / Stephen Bernhardt Does the philosophy of mysticism rest on a mistake? / Anthony N. Perovich, JrOn the possibility of pure consciousness / Mark B. WoodhouseIs mystical experience everywhere the same? / Norman Prigge and Gary E. Kessler Experience and interpretation in mysticism / R.L. Franklin. Subjects; Mysticism. Consciousness Religious aspects. RELIGION Mysticism. Consciousness. 1 Kg.…

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Trade Paperback. 1st thus. Very Good condition. 307 pages. A collection essays about mysticism and philosophy. Attempts to show that there is a single type of mystical experience that cuts across cultural and linguistic lines. This is the experience of 'pure consciousness', a state in which the subject remains conscious but experiences neither thought, sensation, feeling, nor object of consciousness. Examines historical Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, and Jewish mystical writings a, as well of those of modern mystics. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Zustand: New. This collection of contributed essays challenges the widely accepted interpretation of mystical experience as a constructed and mediated product of previously held beliefs and concepts. Forman and his colleagues argue for the existence of a single type of mystical experience that cuts across cultural and linguistic lines. Editor(s): Forman, Robert K. C. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440. . 1997. New Ed. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 318 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | 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, Christian, and Jewish mystical writings, as well as those of modern mystics, the contributors reveal the inconsistencies and inadequacies of current models, as make significant strides towards developing new models for the understanding of the mystical phenomenon in particular and of human experience in general. …