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The metaphysics of paradox : Jainism, absolute relativity, and religious pluralism / Wm. Andrew Schwartz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Explorations in Indic traditions: theological, ethical, and philosophicalPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781498563932
  • 1498563937
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 294.35 23
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  • BL1353
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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
Summary: This book offers a new paradigm for religious pluralism by exploring Indic insights of Jainism and the nature of paradox.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 7, 2018).

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

This book offers a new paradigm for religious pluralism by exploring Indic insights of Jainism and the nature of paradox.