Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism : Mapping the Philosophical Discourse of the East and the West / / edited by Krishna Mani Pathak

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910520062203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021
• ISBN: 9789811632235; 9789811632228
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2021.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 pages)
• Collana: Religion and Philosophy Series
• Disciplina: 211.7
• Soggetti: Religion - History; Spirituality; Knowledge, Theory of; History of Religion; Epistemology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: What is Philosophical Quietism (Wittgensteinian and otherwise)? -- Silence as a Therapeutic Device: A Case for Śūnyavāda as Philosophical Quietism -- Rationalistic Value Realism as a Religion without God: An Option for Metaethical Quietism -- Does the Ineffability of Brahman lead to Quietism? Śaṅkara on the Indispensability of Language -- Sañjaya’s ajñanavāda and Mahāvīra’s anekāntavāda: From Agnosticism to Pluralism -- Agnosticism, Atheism and Naturalism’s Imaginaire: A Defense of God and Religion -- Mystical Theistic Ineffability and Agnosticism -- An Agnostic Deconstruction of Mysticism and the Philosophical Value of its Truth Claims -- Plotinus and Godlike Virtues -- Connection between Faith and Reason in Religious Mysticism -- Mysticism of Experience, Faith in Communication: Nietzsche and Kierkegaard -- Encoded Language as Mystical Revelation Among the Bāuls of West Bengal -- The Cosmic World, the MysticalMind and the Vedic Concept of Origination.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a unique collection of papers on various philosophical aspects of the unknown and unvoiced truth and reality of the cosmic world. It offers a systematic analysis of the three ; philosophical theories of Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism and introduces readers to the fundamentals of mystical knowledge claimed by philosophical schools of the east and the west. It discusses, debates and deliberates on philosophical issues concerning the acquisition of truth, its objectivity and its various dimensions along with the application of thoughts pertaining to Quietism, Agnosticism, and metaphysical-mystic traditions in philosophy. It examines and precisely defines the scope and limits of knowledge, the respective way of life, its expressions and morality, mystical revelation, ineffability of the ultimate, value realism, and faith and reason - with a primary focus on the classical Indian schools of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Agnosticism, the Bāuls, Greek traditions, modern western meta-philosophy, and contemporary quietist debate in religion and theology. This insightful collection should be of great interest to independent researchers, students and teachers of philosophy, theology, Mysticism and Agnosticism, cultural studies and religious studies.