| Título: | Pure consciousness and "cognitive alternation" : a study in the psychology of mysticism |
| Autores: | LaPointe, Jean Paul |
| Fecha: | 1989 |
| Publicador: | McGill University - MCGILL |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Tema: |
Knowledge, Theory of Mysticism Psychology and religion |
| Descripción: |
Contextual theories of language and experience have been introduced in religious studies at the end of the 1970's to undermine the thesis of a common core in mystical experiences. A brief review of the essential arguments of W. T. Stace and S. T. Katz is presented. We will then examine how the most consequential attempts to extract intelligible models from the mystics' testimonies have been reflecting, to a large extent, the philosophical assessments of science. We will justify the approach of modern psychology in the general endeavor of erecting an integrated epistemological model of human awareness, since this approach is better positioned to respect both the subjective contribution of the subject and the revised concept of objectivity in empirical methodology. We will discuss the psychological process known as "cognitive alternation" or "cognitive adaptiveness" and its role in the creative process, and examine how this process reveals the essential structural orientation of consciousness. |
| Idioma: | en |
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