Out of Sight, Into Mind - The History and Philosophy of Yogic Perception

Out of Sight, Into Mind is a groundbreaking exploration of debates over yogic perception, revealing their contemporary relevance as a catalyst for comparative philosophy.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Hindu Traditions and Epistemology
1. Extramission, Remote Seeing, and Intuitions
2. The Epistemology of Authority and Testimony
Part II: Indian Buddhism and Phenomenology
3. Pragmatism and Coherentism
4. Omniphenomenology
Part III: Tibetan Buddhism and Language
5. Gelug Representationalism
6. Sakya Antirepresentationalism
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index

About the author

Jed Forman is the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Assistant Professor in Buddhist Studies at Simpson College. With the Yakherds collective of scholars, he is a coauthor of Knowing Illusion: Bringing a Tibetan Debate into Contemporary Discourse (2021).

Summary

Out of Sight, Into Mind is a groundbreaking exploration of debates over yogic perception, revealing their contemporary relevance as a catalyst for comparative philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Jed Forman
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2024
• EAN: 9780231215527
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21552-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; PHILOSOPHY / Hindu, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Yoga (as a philosophy), philosophy; religion; health & nfitness