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Author Jones, Richard H., 1951-

Title Mysticism examined : philosophical inquiries into mysticism / Richard H. Jones
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1993

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 304 pages)
Series SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
Contents 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 argument -- 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 enlightenment mystics be moral? -- 10. Theravada Buddhism and morality
Notes Revised versions of articles previously published
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-300) and index
Notes English
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Subject Mysticism.
Mysticism -- Moral and ethical aspects
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
Philosophy and religion.
Mysticism
mysticism.
RELIGION -- Mysticism.
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
Mysticism
Mysticism -- Moral and ethical aspects
Philosophy and religion
Mystiek.
Ethiek.
Psychoanalyse.
Rationaliteit.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585066760
9780585066769