Mysticism and philosophy
349 pages ; 22 cm.
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1. Presuppositions of the enquiry [1. The enquiry is worthwhile
2. Mohammed's donkey
3. The naturalistic principle
4. The principle of causal indifference
5. Experience and interpretation
6. Catholicity of evidence]
2. The problem of the universal core [1. The nature of the problem
2. Visions and voices are not mystical phenomena
3. Discounting raptures, trances, and hyperemotionalism
4. Towards a solution
5. Extrovertive mysticism
6. Borderline cases
7. Introvertive mysticism
8. Introvertive mysticism
The dissolution of individuality
9. Is Hinayana Buddhist mysticism an exception?
10. An objection considered
11. Conclusions]
3. The problem of objective reference [1. The argument from unanimity
2. Transsubjectivity
3. The feeling of objectivity
4. Mystical Monadism
5. The universal self; and the vacuum-plenum
6. The word "God"
7. The theory of "being itself"
8. The theory of "poetic truth"
9. The status of the universal self
10. Alternative solution]
4. Pantheism, dualism, and monism [1. Pantheism
2. Dualism
3. Critique of dualism
4. Monism
5. Justification of pantheism]
5. Mysticism and logic [1. The mystical paradoxes
2. The theory of rhetorical paradox
3. The theory of misdescription
4. The theory of double location
5. The theory of ambiguity
6. An objection
7. Previous recognitions of the contradiction theory
8. Philosophical implications of the paradoxes]
6. Mysticism and language [1. The problem stated
2. Alleged scientific revelations
3. Common-sense theories [a. The emotion theory
b. The spiritual blindness theory]
4. The view that mystical or religious language is symbolic [a. The Dionysian theory
b. The metaphor theory]
5. Suggestions towards a new theory]
7. Mysticism and immortality
8. Mysticism, ethics, and religion [1. The mystical theory of ethics
2. Mysticism and the good life in practice
3. Mysticism and religion]
Index