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The metaphysics of paradox : Jainism, absolute relativity, and religious pluralism /
This book offers a new paradigm for religious pluralism by exploring Indic insights of Jainism and the nature of paradox.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Explorations in Indic traditions: theological, ethical, and philosophical.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Metaphysicsof Paradox; Series Page; The Metaphysics of Paradox: Jainism, Absolute Relativity, and Religious Pluralism; Copyrigh page; Contents; Introduction; The Pluralism Debates in Western Philosophy of Religion; Chapter 1; The Pluralism Dilemma; On Truth in Religion; On Contradiction: Navigating Conflicting Truth Claims; On Knowing Truth: Epistemological Considerations for Religious Pluralism; Notes; Chapter 2; Western Approaches to the Pluralism Dilemma; Alternative Typologies; Pluralism: Between Relativism and Absolutism; Notes; Chapter 3
- The Claremont Legacy and a Plurality of PluralismsJohn Hick: "The Real"; John Cobb: A Deeper Pluralism?; Raimon Panikkar's Mystical Experience Pluralism; Limitations and Critiques of Pluralism; Notes; Foundations for Religious Pluralism: A Jain Perspective; Chapter 4; The Jain Doctrine of Relativity; Anekāntavāda: The Many Sides of Reality; Nayavāda: Knowing the Many Sides of Reality; Syādvāda: Describing a Many-Sided Reality; Notes; Chapter 5; Truth and Falsity in Jainism; The Exclusivity of Falsity; The Relativity of Truth; Transcendental Nature of Truth
- Relative Truth as Part of the Absolute WholeRespect for the Truth of Others; Notes; Chapter 6; Jain Responses to the Pluralism Dilemma; Jain Exclusivism; The Anonymous Jaina; Jain Pluralisms; Notes; New Considerations: The Structure of Pluralistic Thinking; Chapter 7; The One and the Many; Universals, Unity, and Truth; Paradoxical Nondualism: One and Many in Śaṅkara's Advaita Vedānta; The Logic of Emptiness: Nāgārjuna's Paradox; The Paradox of "Absolute Relativity": A Jain Perspective; Notes; Chapter 8; Absolute Relativity; The Metaphysics of Paradox: A Deeper Religious Pluralism; Notes
- ConclusionBibliography; Index; About the Author