Philosophical Reflection on Mysticism

In Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper & Philip L. Quinn (eds.), A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 702–709 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Mainstream Philosophy of Mysticism Constructivism Anti‐“experientialism” Feminism Concluding Remarks Works cited.

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philosophical reflection on mysticism   philosophy and mysticism since antiquity ‐ philosophical reflection on mysticism, a relatively recent phenomenon   mainstream of philosophical discussion of mysticism – a “mainstream”   ineffability, attracting negative attention ‐ claim that mystical experience is ineffable   mystical experience, that mystical experiences form a unified field of study   uniform mystical experience ‐ exhibiting span time, place, and religious traditions, subjected to vigorous criticism   epistemological standpoint ‐ all experiences structured by conceptual frameworks that subjects bring with them to experience   anti‐“experientialism” – Western medieval Christian tradition, developing into a critique of mainstream philosophy of mysticism   medieval Christian mystical tradition ‐ from context of Neoplatonic dialectical epistemology   feminists, and mainstream understanding of mysticism ‐ mysticism becoming domesticated and non‐threatening

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