Publication

2016-05-01 - SUNY Press

Language

English

Word Count

109,500 words, Guess

Page Count

438 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101438461194
  • ISBN-139781438461199
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015027728
  • OCLC Control Number918616327
  • Better World Books9781438461199
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCB828 .J73 2016
  • LCCB828.J73 2016

Description

This work is a comprehensive study of the philosophical issues raised by mysticism. Mystics claim to experience reality in a way not available in normal life, a claim which makes this phenomenon interesting from a philosophical perspective. Richard H. Jones's inquiry focuses on the skeleton of beliefs and values of mysticism : knowledge claims made about the nature of reality and of human beings; value claims about what is significant and what is ethical; and mystical goals and ways of life. Jones engages language, epistemology, metaphysics, science, and the philosophy of mind. Methodological issues in the tudy of mysticism are also addressed. Examples of mystical experience are drawn chiefly from Buddhism and Adviata Vedanta, but also from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Daoism. -- Provided by publisher.

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Topics

Other Editions

  • Philosophy of Mysticism: Raids on the IneffableHardcoverSUNY Press2016-05-01

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