03476nam 2200661Ia 450 991045144600332120200520144314.00-19-802261-11-280-45320-60-19-535511-31-4237-5952-4(CKB)1000000000415133(StDuBDS)AH24083835(SSID)ssj0000227928(PQKBManifestationID)11225785(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227928(PQKBWorkID)10269867(PQKB)10248747(SSID)ssj0000364763(PQKBManifestationID)12126620(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364763(PQKBWorkID)10398460(PQKB)11241317(MiAaPQ)EBC273160(Au-PeEL)EBL273160(CaPaEBR)ebr10279509(CaONFJC)MIL45320(OCoLC)935260965(EXLCZ)99100000000041513319970528h19971990 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe problem of pure consciousness[electronic resource] mysticism and philosophy /edited by Robert K.C. FormanNew York Oxford University Press1997, c19901 online resource (307p.) "First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1997"--T.p. verso.0-19-505980-8 0-19-510976-7 Includes bibliographical references.These essays about mysticism and philosophy challenge the widely accepted interpretation of mystical experience, arguing that mystical experience can be explained as the constructed and mediated product of previously held beliefs and concepts.This is a paperback reprint of a collection of contributed essays about mysticism and philosophy. It challenges the widely accepted interpretaion of mystical experience that received its fullest expression in two volumes edited by Steven T. Katz: Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis (OUP 1987) and Mysticism and Religious Traditions (OUP 1983). According to Katz and his colleagues, mystical experience, can be explained as the constructed and mediated product of previously held beliefs and concepts. On this view, there is no such thing as 'universal' mystical experience. The present volume attempts to show that there is a single type of mystical experience that cuts across cultural and linguistic lines. This is the experience of 'pure consciousnes,' a state in which the subject remains conscious but experiences neither thought, sensation, feeling, nor object of consciousness. Part I of the book demonstrates that there are well-attested reports of pure consciousness events occuring in a wide variety of ages and traditions, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. The essays in Part II consider the philosophical implications of these reports, arguing that there are no logical blocks to the claim of pure consciousness events.ConsciousnessReligious aspectsMysticismElectronic books.ConsciousnessReligious aspects.Mysticism.291.422Forman Robert K. C869703MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451446003321The problem of pure consciousness1941781UNINA