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Metaphysics of Consciousness

The Indian Vedantic Perspective

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Authors:
  1. Ramesh Chandra Pradhan

    1. Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India

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  • Covers areas including theory of Supermind and Evolutionary Metaphysics
  • Broadens the understanding of evolutionary theory of consciousness in the present materialist and naturalist age
  • Leads the field of Advaita Vedanta to understand consciousness from a transcendental metaphysical perspective

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The Naturalist Metaphysics of Consciousness: Some Contemporary Issues

    • Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Limitations of the Naturalist Metaphysics

    • Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
    Pages 15-25

  4. Objectivity, Subjectivity and the First-Person Point of View

    • Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
    Pages 27-47

  5. From Naturalism to Anti-naturalism: Towards Transcendental Turn

    • Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
    Pages 49-71

  6. Self, Consciousness and Non-dualism

    • Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
    Pages 73-93

  7. Matter, Life and Mind: Setting the Boundaries of the Mind in Advaita Vedanta

    • Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
    Pages 95-113

  8. Gradations of the Mind: Sri Aurobindo’s Evolutionary Metaphysics

    • Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
    Pages 115-136

  9. Supermind and the Supramental Consciousness: Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Metaphysics

    • Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
    Pages 137-157

  10. Cosmos and Consciousness: The Metaphysical Alternatives

    • Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
    Pages 159-180

  11. The Metaphysics of Consciousness: The Foundations of a Transcendental Theory of Consciousness

    • Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
    Pages 181-204

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 205-214
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About this book

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 the 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.


Reviews

“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 Vedānta and Sri Aurobindo on metaphysics of consciousness.” (Rajakishore Nath, Journal of Dharma Studies, Vol. 4, 2021)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India

    Ramesh Chandra Pradhan

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Metaphysics of Consciousness

  • Book Subtitle: The Indian Vedantic Perspective

  • Authors: Ramesh Chandra Pradhan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8064-2

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8063-5Published: 04 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-8064-2Published: 03 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 214

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics

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