Aham:I

The Enigma of I-consciousness

Anindita Niyogi Balslev (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2013
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-808951-3 (ISBN)

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This book analyses the many facets-psychological, epistemological, metaphysical-of the repeated philosophical adventures over centuries to explore and explain the indubitability of I-consciousness. While the major focus is on the Upanisadic and the Buddhist traditions, this volume also examines Western philosophical traditions in a cross-cultural philosophical context.

Given the shared conviction about the indubitability of I-consciousness, this book analyses the repeated philosophical adventures over centuries to understand its enigmatic character. Philosophers-votaries of the self or the no-self theories-who tried to unveil the phenomenon of I-consciousness have employed various explanatory strategies but have not reached any unanimous conclusion. Hosts of psychological, epistemological, linguistic, metaphysical, phenomenological, ethical, even religious interpretations are available. While the major focus is on the Upanisadic and the Buddhist traditions, this volume also examines Western philosophical traditions. It also discusses the expository and the polemical aspects present in the theory-making endeavours recorded in the Indian sources. Based on this rich material, the book analyses an array of concerns closely related to the central theme of I-consciousness in a cross-cultural philosophical context. This study leads to the overwhelming recognition of the fact that the phenomenon of I-consciousness that is existentially closest to us is furthest from our understanding, thus an enigma, as mentioned in the title.

This book will interest scholars and students of philosophy as well as the interested general reader.

Anindita Niyogi Balslev is an independent researcher. She was earlier in the Department of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen.

PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1. : CONSCIOUSNESS AS THE 'LIGHT OF ALL LIGHTS'; 2. : FACETS OF NATURALISM; 3. : SELF AS SUBSTANCE, THE BASIS OF I-CONSCIOUSNESS; 4. : I-CONSCIOUSNESS IS COMPOSITE: DIVERGENT VIEWS WITHIN THE UPANISADIC TRADITION; 5. : ON THE MEANING OF THE WORD 'I'; 6. : I AND THE NO-SELF THEORIES: DIVERGENCES WITHIN THE BUDDHIST TRADITION; 7. : SOME CONCEPTUAL SCENARIOS IN CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT; EPILOGUE; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	146 x 221 mm
Gewicht	402 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
ISBN-10	0-19-808951-1 / 0198089511
ISBN-13	978-0-19-808951-3 / 9780198089513
Zustand	Neuware