Exploring ¿tman from the Perspective of the Vivekac¿¿¿ma¿i

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-62760-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 309 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5308 g

This book investigates the central metaphysics and epistemology of Advaita. Although the vastness of Advaita literature has grown to immense proportions, there has been a glaring lacuna in unraveling its philosophical, theological and religious implications. This volume undertakes a thematic search on the conception of Atman in an all-important Advaitic text, the Vivekacu?ama?i , and other supportive texts of the same genre. Walter Menezes aims to revive Advaita as a sound philosophical system by driving away the cloud of negativity associated with it, thereby opening a new chapter in the history of Advaita philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Menezes, Walter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: A Prolegomenon on the Vivekacu?ama?i.- 2: Pratyak?a-Pasyati Interrelatedness.- 3: Is Viveka a Prama?a in the Vivekacu?ama?i?.- 4: The Fading Boundaries of Analysis and Speculation.- 5: Transcending the Method of Via Negativa.- 6: The Reality-Experience: A Mystical Dimension of Advaita.- 7: The Philosophical Underpinnings of the Vivekacu?ama?i.

Über Autor(innen)

Walter Menezes is a Post-Doctoral Fellow of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (New Delhi), at the Department of Philosophy, Goa University. He was awarded a Gold Medal for standing first in MA examinations at Goa University, and obtained his PhD in Indian Philosophy from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai.