Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation

Zusatztext Rick Repetti has invited the leading scholars of the philosophy of meditation to reflect on the significance of this practice. The Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is the most extensive and informative collection of articles on this topic in print.??This Handbook is the first stop for anyone interested in the philosophical issues raised by meditation practice.??Jay L. Garfield! Doris Silbert Professor in the HumanitiesSmith College and the Harvard Divinity School?The Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is first of its kind. Rick Repetti! a leader in the field! has edited this excellent collection of original articles from experts with diverse perspectives! masterfully arranging them into themes including phenomenology! metaphysics! epistemology! values! and religion! relating each to the central hypothesis that there is a philosophy of meditation.Miri Albahari! PhilosophyUniversity of Western Australia Informationen zum Autor Rick Repetti is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York (CUNY), USA, and author of four books, including Buddhism, Meditation, and Free Will (Routledge 2018), and dozens of articles and chapters on meditation and free will. He is an APPA-certified philosophical counselor, podcaster, and 4th-Dan Shotokan blackbelt, and has taught meditation and yoga since the mid-1970s. Klappentext This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the state of the field of the philosophy of meditation and engages primarily in the philosophical assessment of the merits of meditation practices.This Handbook unites novel and original scholarship from 28 leading Asian and Western philosophers, scientists, theologians, and other scholars on the philosophical assessment of meditation. It critically assesses the conceptual and empirical validity of meditation, its philosophical implications, its legitimacy as a phenomenological research tool, its potential value as an aid to neuroscience research, its many practical benefits, and, among other considerations, its possibly misleading interpretations, applications, and consequences.Following the introduction by the editor, the Handbook's chapters are organized in six parts:¿ Meditation and philosophy¿ Meditation and epistemology¿ Meditation and metaphysics ¿ Meditation and values¿ Meditation and phenomenology¿ Meditation in Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditionsA distinctive, timely, and invaluable reference work, it marks the emergence of a new discipline therein, the philosophy of meditation. The book will be of interest to an interdisciplinary audience in the fields of philosophy, meditation, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, theology, and Asian and Western philosophy. It will serve as the textbook in any philosophy course on meditation, and as secondary reading in courses in philosophy of mind, consciousness, selfhood/personhood, metaphysics, or phenomenology, thereby helping to restore philosophy as a way of life. Zusammenfassung This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview & analysis of the state of the field of the philosophy of meditation. It will serve as textbook reading in courses in philosophy of mind, consciousness, selfhood/personhood, metaphysics, or phenomenology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Is meditation philosophy? PART I: Meditation and philosophy 1 Skeptical doubts about meditation as philosophy 2 The philosophy of meditation: The spoken Tao 3 Meditation and the paradox of self-consciousness 4 The relation between meditation and analytic philosophy 5 Engaging metacognitive practices: On the uses (and possible abuse) of meditation in philosophy 6 Differences and interaction between meditative cultivation and philosophical thought/insight in early and Theravada Buddhism 7 The necessity of meditation in...

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Introduction: Is meditation philosophy?
PART I: Meditation and philosophy
1 Skeptical doubts about meditation as philosophy
2 The philosophy of meditation: The spoken Tao
3 Meditation and the paradox of self-consciousness
4 The relation between meditation and analytic philosophy
5 Engaging metacognitive practices: On the uses (and possible abuse) of meditation in philosophy
6 Differences and interaction between meditative cultivation and philosophical thought/insight in early and Theravada Buddhism
7 The necessity of meditation in Upanisadic turiya and Yogacara amala vijñana
PART II: Meditation and epistemology
8 Meditation, nonconceptuality, and the reflexive structure of consciousness
9 The experience of presence: Meditation and the nature of consciousness
10 Meditation as cultivating knowledge-how
11 How meditation changes the brain: A neurophilosophical and pragmatic account
12 How a philosophy of meditation can explore the deep connections between mindfulness and contemplative wisdom
13 Psychedelics and meditation: A neurophilosophical perspective
PART III: Meditation and metaphysics
14 Philosophy without a philosopher: Anatman as a special case of dependent arising
15 Meditative experience and the plasticity of self-experience
16 The self: What does mindfulness meditation reveal about it?
17 Control, anxiety, and the progressive detachment from the self
PART IV: Meditation and values
18 Is there a global norm in favor of global attentiveness?
19 Meditation in the context of a naturalized eudaimonic Buddhism
PART V: Meditation and phenomenology
20 The phenomenology of meditation: An Advaita approach
21 What is meditation good for?: Reflections on the use of meditation in the study of consciousness
22 Bare attention, dereification, and meta-awareness in mindfulness: A phenomenological critique 
23 Consciousness, content, and cognitive attenuation: A neurophenomenological perspective
PART VI: Meditation in Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions
24 Prosochê as Stoic mindfulness
25 The philosophical presuppositions of Christian meditation: Theo-philosophical anthropology and its corresponding participatory ontology
26 The end of man: Philosophical consummation in Jewish meditative tradition

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"Rick Repetti has invited the leading scholars of the philosophy of meditation to reflect on the significance of this practice. Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is the most extensive and informative collection of articles on this topic in print. This Handbook is the first stop for anyone interested in the philosophical issues raised by meditation practice." -- Jay L. Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Smith College and the Harvard Divinity School, USA

"Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is first of its kind. Rick Repetti, a leader in the field, has edited this excellent collection of original articles from experts with diverse perspectives, masterfully arranging them into themes including phenomenology, metaphysics, epistemology, values, and religion, relating each to the central hypothesis that there is a philosophy of meditation." -- Miri Albahari, Philosophy, University of Western Australia

"This volume includes important new essays from prominent experts on Buddhist thought and from key contributors to the scholarly conversation about meditation. It contains careful, rigorous work from a variety of perspectives, drawing on relevant research in psychology as well as Asian textual traditions. The book will be valuable to philosophers, psychologists, and scholars of Asian religions. It will also be helpful to anyone looking for insights into what meditation is and what it can do for us, both as seekers of knowledge and as suffering humans." -- Charles Goodman, Binghamton University, USA
"The Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is an outstanding contribution to the establishment of the academic subfield of the philosophy of meditation. Edited and introduced by Rick Repetti, it comprises 26 excellent chapters by a group of experts that integrate various elements from the West, ancient and modern, continental and analytic, as well as from the East, especially Indian traditions, although there are also references to Tibetan and East Asian traditions. [...] anyone interested in the philosophy of meditation will undoubtedly be inspired by a careful reading of the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation, which is a meaningful contribution to establishing this subfield within the academe." -- Francisco Figueroa Medina, Kyoto University, Japan. Journal of Contemplative Studies

Product details

• Authors: Rick (Kingsborough Community College Repetti
• Assisted by: Rick Repetti (Editor), Repetti Rick (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2022
• EAN: 9780367647469
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64746-9
• No. of pages: 410
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, REFERENCE / General, Philosophy, Philosophy of religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, indian Isbn