Metaphysics of Consciousness: The Indian Vedantic Perspective

ISBN-13: 9789811580635 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 214 str.

Ramesh Chandra Pradhan

Recenzje

"The book is indeed a valuable and scholarly philosophical contribution to the Western and Indian theories of consciousness. ... The book is an extension of the Indian philosophy of mind in general and consciousness studies in particular. The book will be of enormous aid to scholars who are not yet familiar with the original and novel ideas of Vedanta and Sri Aurobindo on metaphysics of consciousness." (Rajakishore Nath, Journal of Dharma Studies, Vol. 4, 2021)

O autorze

Ramesh Chandra Pradhan was Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad during 1998–2015. He taught at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, and Karnatak University, Dharwad, before joining the University of Hyderabad in 1987. He was a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow at the University of Oxford during 1990–1991. He has specialized in the philosophy of Wittgenstein, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and metaphysics. He has authored a number of books on the philosophy of Wittgenstein, philosophy of language and metaphysics. He has contributed many papers to philosophy journals. Professor Pradhan is at present National Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.

Blurb

This book explores the transition from the mind to the Supermind within the scope of an evolutionary metaphysics. The idea of Supermind has not been discussed so far in the mainstream philosophy of mind and consciousness. This book will give a new approach to the study of consciousness from the Indian Vedantic perspective which has introduced the idea of Supermind, especially in the works of Sri Aurobindo. The book also undertakes a sustained critique of the contemporary theories of mind which have promoted mostly a mechanistic and naturalistic theory of mind and consciousness. The book is meant for the researchers who are engaged in the study of consciousness and for those who are interested in philosophy of mind in general. This book will serve the purpose of the much needed counter perspective to the contemporary theories of mind working broadly within the materialist traditions.