Mysticism examined : philosophical inquiries into mysticism

著者

• Jones, Richard H.

書誌事項

Mysticism examined : philosophical inquiries into mysticism

Richard H. Jones

（SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions）

State University of New York Press, c1993

• : pbk

注記

Revised versions of articles previously published

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-300) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Mysticism presents a challenge to anyone who is interested in fundamental questions about the nature of reality, knowledge, and how we should live. In this book the author examines questions posed by mysticism. He clarifies the nature of the claims advanced by Western and Asian mystics, and explores the beliefs and values of classical mystical ways of life for their interconnections and reasonableness. Jones discusses whether all mystical experiences and all mystical claims of knowledge are similar, and examines the relation of concepts and experiences in mystics' claims. Also presented are standards for evaluating competing mystical claims, and mystics' problems with language. Whether mystics' arguments are rational is investigated along with the relation of moral and non-moral values and the role of beliefs and values in enlightened mystics' ways of life. Mysticism's relation to the enterprises of science, theology, psychology and ethics is also examined.

目次

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Mysticism and Knowledge 1. Experience and Conceptualization in Mystical Knowledge 2. Knowledge and Unknowing in the Isa Upanisad Part II. Mysticism and Reason 3. Rationality and Mysticism 4. The Nature and Function of Nagarjuna's Arguments Part III. Mysticism and Language 5. A Philosophical Analysis of Mystical Utterances Part IV. Mysticism and Science 6. Concerning Joseph Needham on Taoism Part V. Mysticism and Theology 7. The Religious Irrelevance of the Ontological Argument Part VI. Mysticism and Psychology 8. Concerning Carl Jung on Asian Religious Traditions Part VII. Mysticism and Ethics 9. Must Enlightened Mystics Be Moral? 10. Theravada Buddhism and Morality Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA20913520
• ISBN:
  • 0791414353
  • 0791414361
• LCCN: 92016480
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Albany
• ページ数/冊数: vii, 304 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BL625
  • DC20 : 291.4/22/01
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Mysticism
  • LCSH : Mysticism -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
  • LCSH : Philosophy and religion
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA20818938