Exploring Ātman from the Perspective of the Vivekacūḍāmaṇi
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2018
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1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-87387-9 (ISBN)
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-87387-9 (ISBN)
This book investigates the central metaphysics and epistemology of Advaita. 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.
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 Vivekacudamani , 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.
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 Vivekacudamani , 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.
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.
1: A Prolegomenon on the Vivekacudamani.- 2: Pratyaksa-Pasyati Interrelatedness.- 3: Is Viveka a Pramana in the Vivekacudamani?.- 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 Vivekacudamani.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.8.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XIX, 309 p. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 435 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Schlagworte | Advaita Vedanta • Advaita Vedānta • Antahkarana • Antaḥkaraṇa • Pasyati • Paśyati • Pramana • Pramāṇa • Pratyaksa • Pratyakṣa • Viveka • Vrtti • Vṛtti |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-87387-3 / 3319873873 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-87387-9 / 9783319873879 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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