Mirror of nature, mirror of self

• Verfasst von: Shevchenko, Dimitry [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Mirror of nature, mirror of self
• Titelzusatz: models of consciousness in Sāṃkhya, yoga, and Advaita Vedānta
• Verf.angabe: Dimitry Shevchenko
• Verlagsort: New York, NY, United States of America
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: X, 165 Seiten
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-19-766551-0
• Schlagwörter: (s)Hinduistische Philosophie / (s)Bewusstsein
• Schlagwörter: (s)Advaita / (s)Brahmanismus / (s)Sāṃkhya / (s)Yoga / (s)Bewusstsein
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Shevchenko, Dimitry: Mirror of nature, mirror of self. - United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2023
• K10plus-PPN: 1841218928

Abstract

"The chapter introduces the topic and the goals of the book. The popularity of mirror models of consciousness in Brahmanical philosophical traditions of Sāṃkhya, Yoga, and Advaita-Vedānta is explained in the context of these schools' non-reductionism about consciousness, as opposed to the reductionist models of consciousness in Buddhism. More broadly, the chapter draws the reader's attention to the underlying representationalist tendencies of Brahmanical mirror models of consciousness and their awareness of critique coming from Indian anti-representationalists. As non-reductionists, Brahmanical theories present a radical alternative to the prevalence of various kinds of reductionism in contemporary philosophy. As representationalists, they provide a thorough defence against Rortian critique of the so called "philosophy-as-epistemology" view"--