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Problems and perspectives in religious discourse : Advaita Vedānta implications

Title
Problems and perspectives in religious discourse : Advaita Vedānta implications / John Grimes.
Author
Grimes, John A., 1948-
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994.

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Description
xi, 209 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Language and languages > Religious aspects
  • Language and languages > Philosophy
  • Advaita
  • Vedanta
  • Advaita
  • Language and languages > Philosophy
  • Language and languages > Religious aspects
  • Vedanta
  • Sprache
  • Religiöse Erfahrung
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index.
Contents
  • Special Feature of the Work. Reasons Theme was Chosen. Contributions of the Work. Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction. The World of Advaita Vedanta. The Problem. Two Assertions. Religion and Language -- II. Advaita and Religious Discourse. Certainty. Advaita vis-a-vis Religious Discourse. Logic of Religious Discourse. Qualifications for Religious Knowledge. How Religious Knowledge is Conveyed. Advaita vis-a-vis Other Systems. The Nature of Religious Discourse. Three Assertions. Consequences -- III. Advaita Vedanta: A Perspective. What is Advaita Vedanta. Perspective. Key Concept -- IV. Advaita Vedanta Prospectus. Religious Discourse -- The Problem. Indirect Approaches. The Gap. Religious Discourse -- Its 'Use'. Peculiarities of Religious Discourse. The Theme of Advaita Vedanta. Sankara's Solution. Advaita and Language -- V. Methods and Perspectives. Introduction. Method. Methodology. Relation to Epistemology. Language and Knowledge. Brahman -- Atman. Brahman -- The Objective Vision.
  • Is the Absolute Known or Not? Atman -- The Subjective Vision. Atman is Brahman -- VI. East and West. Introduction. Part 1. Part 2 -- VII. Advaita's Solution. Introduction. Two Approaches to Religious Discourse. Consequences of the Two Approaches. Two Levels of Language. A Two-Level Theory of Religious Discourse. Can the Absolute Be Signified Directly? Second-Level Problems. Satkaryavada and Asatkaryavada. One Level Language -- Absolute Language. Language About the Absolute -- VIII. Retrospect of Results. Comment.
ISBN
  • 0791417913
  • 9780791417911
  • 0791417921
  • 9780791417928
LCCN
93018516
OCLC
  • ocm27684776
  • 27684776
  • SCSB-2012881
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library