| Description |
xxi, 264 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Systemic Modeling and the Middle Path. Perspectivism and contextualization. The value of a systems model. Systems and models. Systems epistemology -- Ch. 2. Analytical Meditation. Middle Path analysis. Patterns of paradoxical analysis. Temporal and one-or-many analyses. Routes of analysis. Analytical variations. A generalized analytical procedure. Implicative and non-affirming negations. Logical and experiential consequences -- Ch. 3. A Simulation Model of Middle Path Analysis. The place of the simulation model. Interpreting the model -- Ch. 4. A Therapeutic Application of Middle Path Analysis. Cognitive theories of the emotions in Buddhism and Western psychology. Cognitive therapies and Middle Path analysis. The traditional specification of Middle Path analysis and its extension into the therapeutic context -- Appendix: A Formal Description of the Simulation |
| Summary |
An innovative interpretation of Buddhist Middle Path thought, the most advanced level of Buddhist philosophy, into the contemporary language of psychology and systems theory. Uniquely relevant to the Western disciplines of philosophy, psychology, and psychotherapy, this model shows how Middle Path analysis applies to psychotherapeutic settings |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 213-222 |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- General
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Buddhism -- Madhyamika
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Buddhism -- Psychotherapy
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Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
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Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects -- Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
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Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects -- Mādhyamika Buddhism
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Cybernetics.
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System analysis.
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| LC no. |
94009957 |
| ISBN |
0861710606 |
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