Mirror of nature, mirror of self : models of consciousness in Sāṃkhya, yoga, and Advaita Vedānta /
"The chapter introduces the topic and the goals of the book. The popularity of mirror models of consciousness in Brahmanical philosophical traditions of Sa m khya, Yoga, and Advaita-Veda nta is explained in the context of these schools' non-reductionism about consciousness, as opposed t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Rocher Indology series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The chapter introduces the topic and the goals of the book. The popularity of mirror models of consciousness in Brahmanical philosophical traditions of Sa m khya, Yoga, and Advaita-Veda nta is explained in the context of these schools' non-reductionism about consciousness, as opposed to the reductionist models of consciousness in Buddhism. More broadly, the chapter draws the reader's attention to the underlying representationalist tendencies of Brahmanical mirror models of consciousness and their awareness of critique coming from Indian anti-representationalists. As non-reductionists, Brahmanical theories present a radical alternative to the prevalence of various kinds of reductionism in contemporary philosophy. As representationalists, they provide a thorough defence against Rortian critique of the so called "philosophy-as-epistemology" view"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 165 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197665534 0197665535 0197665527 9780197665541 0197665543 9780197665527 |