A Cognitive Science View of Abhinavagupta’sUnderstanding of Consciousness

Religions

Loriliai Biernacki¹ 

[1] Department of Religious Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 292, Boulder, CO 80301, USA;

关键词: mind;    cognitive science;    Abhinavagupta;    Tantra;   

DOI  :  10.3390/rel5030767

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper offers a comparative analysis of the nature of consciousness correlating the insights of the 11th century Śaiva philosopher Abhinavagupta with the work of some contemporary philosophers of consciousness. Ultimately these comparisons especially bring to light possibilities for constructing a materialist paradigm that might operate from a prioritization of subjectivity rather than objectivity. I propose that the Hindu, nondual Śaivite system that Abhinavagupta lays out offers a framework that may be useful for contemporary cognitive science and philosophy of mind precisely because Abhinavagupta offers a theory for connecting the material with the phenomenal.

【 授权许可】

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