Rick Repetti is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York (CUNY), USA, and author of four books, including Buddhism, Meditation, and Free Will (Routledge 2018), and dozens of articles and chapters on meditation and free will. He is an APPA-certified philosophical counselor, podcaster, and 4th-Dan Shotokan blackbelt, and has taught meditation and yoga since the mid-1970s.

"Rick Repetti has invited the leading scholars of the philosophy of meditation to reflect on the significance of this practice. Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is the most extensive and informative collection of articles on this topic in print. This Handbook is the first stop for anyone interested in the philosophical issues raised by meditation practice." -- Jay L. Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Smith College and the Harvard Divinity School, USA"Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is first of its kind. Rick Repetti, a leader in the field, has edited this excellent collection of original articles from experts with diverse perspectives, masterfully arranging them into themes including phenomenology, metaphysics, epistemology, values, and religion, relating each to the central hypothesis that there is a philosophy of meditation." -- Miri Albahari, Philosophy, University of Western Australia"This volume includes important new essays from prominent experts on Buddhist thought and from key contributors to the scholarly conversation about meditation. It contains careful, rigorous work from a variety of perspectives, drawing on relevant research in psychology as well as Asian textual traditions. The book will be valuable to philosophers, psychologists, and scholars of Asian religions. It will also be helpful to anyone looking for insights into what meditation is and what it can do for us, both as seekers of knowledge and as suffering humans." -- Charles Goodman, Binghamton University, USA"The Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is an outstanding contribution to the establishment of the academic subfield of the philosophy of meditation. Edited and introduced by Rick Repetti, it comprises 26 excellent chapters by a group of experts that integrate various elements from the West, ancient and modern, continental and analytic, as well as from the East, especially Indian traditions, although there are also references to Tibetan and East Asian traditions. [...] anyone interested in the philosophy of meditation will undoubtedly be inspired by a careful reading of the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation, which is a meaningful contribution to establishing this subfield within the academe." -- Francisco Figueroa Medina, Kyoto University, Japan. Journal of Contemplative Studies

• Introduction: Is meditation philosophy?PART I: Meditation and philosophy 1 Skeptical doubts about meditation as philosophy2 The philosophy of meditation: The spoken Tao 3 Meditation and the paradox of self-consciousness 4 The relation between meditation and analytic philosophy 5 Engaging metacognitive practices: On the uses (and possible abuse) of meditation in philosophy 6 Differences and interaction between meditative cultivation and philosophical thought/insight in early and Theravāda Buddhism7 The necessity of meditation in Upaniṣadic turīya and Yogācāra amala vijñana PART II: Meditation and epistemology 8 Meditation, nonconceptuality, and the reflexive structure of consciousness 9 The experience of presence: Meditation and the nature of consciousness 10 Meditation as cultivating knowledge-how 11 How meditation changes the brain: A neurophilosophical and pragmatic account 12 How a philosophy of meditation can explore the deep connections between mindfulness and contemplative wisdom13 Psychedelics and meditation: A neurophilosophical perspectivePART III: Meditation and metaphysics 14 Philosophy without a philosopher: Anātman as a special case of dependent arising 15 Meditative experience and the plasticity of self-experience 16 The self: What does mindfulness meditation reveal about it? 17 Control, anxiety, and the progressive detachment from the self PART IV: Meditation and values 18 Is there a global norm in favor of global attentiveness?19 Meditation in the context of a naturalized eudaimonic Buddhism PART V: Meditation and phenomenology20 The phenomenology of meditation: An Advaita approach 21 What is meditation good for?: Reflections on the use of meditation in the study of consciousness 22 Bare attention, dereification, and meta-awareness in mindfulness: A phenomenological critique 23 Consciousness, content, and cognitive attenuation: A neurophenomenological perspective PART VI: Meditation in Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions24 Prosochê as Stoic mindfulness 25 The philosophical presuppositions of Christian meditation: Theo-philosophical anthropology and its corresponding participatory ontology 26 The end of man: Philosophical consummation in Jewish meditative tradition

Rick Repetti is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York (CUNY), USA, and author of four books, including Buddhism, Meditation, and Free Will (Routledge 2018), and dozens of articles and chapters on meditation and free will. He is an APPA-certified philosophical counselor, podcaster, and 4th-Dan Shotokan blackbelt, and has taught meditation and yoga since the mid-1970s.

"Rick Repetti has invited the leading scholars of the philosophy of meditation to reflect on the significance of this practice. Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is the most extensive and informative collection of articles on this topic in print. This Handbook is the first stop for anyone interested in the philosophical issues raised by meditation practice." -- Jay L. Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Smith College and the Harvard Divinity School, USA"Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is first of its kind. Rick Repetti, a leader in the field, has edited this excellent collection of original articles from experts with diverse perspectives, masterfully arranging them into themes including phenomenology, metaphysics, epistemology, values, and religion, relating each to the central hypothesis that there is a philosophy of meditation." -- Miri Albahari, Philosophy, University of Western Australia"This volume includes important new essays from prominent experts on Buddhist thought and from key contributors to the scholarly conversation about meditation. It contains careful, rigorous work from a variety of perspectives, drawing on relevant research in psychology as well as Asian textual traditions. The book will be valuable to philosophers, psychologists, and scholars of Asian religions. It will also be helpful to anyone looking for insights into what meditation is and what it can do for us, both as seekers of knowledge and as suffering humans." -- Charles Goodman, Binghamton University, USA"The Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is an outstanding contribution to the establishment of the academic subfield of the philosophy of meditation. Edited and introduced by Rick Repetti, it comprises 26 excellent chapters by a group of experts that integrate various elements from the West, ancient and modern, continental and analytic, as well as from the East, especially Indian traditions, although there are also references to Tibetan and East Asian traditions. [...] anyone interested in the philosophy of meditation will undoubtedly be inspired by a careful reading of the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation, which is a meaningful contribution to establishing this subfield within the academe." -- Francisco Figueroa Medina, Kyoto University, Japan. Journal of Contemplative Studies

• Introduction: Is meditation philosophy?PART I: Meditation and philosophy 1 Skeptical doubts about meditation as philosophy2 The philosophy of meditation: The spoken Tao 3 Meditation and the paradox of self-consciousness 4 The relation between meditation and analytic philosophy 5 Engaging metacognitive practices: On the uses (and possible abuse) of meditation in philosophy 6 Differences and interaction between meditative cultivation and philosophical thought/insight in early and Theravāda Buddhism7 The necessity of meditation in Upaniṣadic turīya and Yogācāra amala vijñana PART II: Meditation and epistemology 8 Meditation, nonconceptuality, and the reflexive structure of consciousness 9 The experience of presence: Meditation and the nature of consciousness 10 Meditation as cultivating knowledge-how 11 How meditation changes the brain: A neurophilosophical and pragmatic account 12 How a philosophy of meditation can explore the deep connections between mindfulness and contemplative wisdom13 Psychedelics and meditation: A neurophilosophical perspectivePART III: Meditation and metaphysics 14 Philosophy without a philosopher: Anātman as a special case of dependent arising 15 Meditative experience and the plasticity of self-experience 16 The self: What does mindfulness meditation reveal about it? 17 Control, anxiety, and the progressive detachment from the self PART IV: Meditation and values 18 Is there a global norm in favor of global attentiveness?19 Meditation in the context of a naturalized eudaimonic Buddhism PART V: Meditation and phenomenology20 The phenomenology of meditation: An Advaita approach 21 What is meditation good for?: Reflections on the use of meditation in the study of consciousness 22 Bare attention, dereification, and meta-awareness in mindfulness: A phenomenological critique 23 Consciousness, content, and cognitive attenuation: A neurophenomenological perspective PART VI: Meditation in Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions24 Prosochê as Stoic mindfulness 25 The philosophical presuppositions of Christian meditation: Theo-philosophical anthropology and its corresponding participatory ontology 26 The end of man: Philosophical consummation in Jewish meditative tradition

Rick Repetti is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York (CUNY), USA, and author of four books, including Buddhism, Meditation, and Free Will (Routledge 2018), and dozens of articles and chapters on meditation and free will. He is an APPA-certified philosophical counselor, podcaster, and 4th-Dan Shotokan blackbelt, and has taught meditation and yoga since the mid-1970s.

"Rick Repetti has invited the leading scholars of the philosophy of meditation to reflect on the significance of this practice. Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is the most extensive and informative collection of articles on this topic in print. This Handbook is the first stop for anyone interested in the philosophical issues raised by meditation practice." -- Jay L. Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Smith College and the Harvard Divinity School, USA"Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is first of its kind. Rick Repetti, a leader in the field, has edited this excellent collection of original articles from experts with diverse perspectives, masterfully arranging them into themes including phenomenology, metaphysics, epistemology, values, and religion, relating each to the central hypothesis that there is a philosophy of meditation." -- Miri Albahari, Philosophy, University of Western Australia"This volume includes important new essays from prominent experts on Buddhist thought and from key contributors to the scholarly conversation about meditation. It contains careful, rigorous work from a variety of perspectives, drawing on relevant research in psychology as well as Asian textual traditions. The book will be valuable to philosophers, psychologists, and scholars of Asian religions. It will also be helpful to anyone looking for insights into what meditation is and what it can do for us, both as seekers of knowledge and as suffering humans." -- Charles Goodman, Binghamton University, USA"The Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation is an outstanding contribution to the establishment of the academic subfield of the philosophy of meditation. Edited and introduced by Rick Repetti, it comprises 26 excellent chapters by a group of experts that integrate various elements from the West, ancient and modern, continental and analytic, as well as from the East, especially Indian traditions, although there are also references to Tibetan and East Asian traditions. [...] anyone interested in the philosophy of meditation will undoubtedly be inspired by a careful reading of the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation, which is a meaningful contribution to establishing this subfield within the academe." -- Francisco Figueroa Medina, Kyoto University, Japan. Journal of Contemplative Studies

• Introduction: Is meditation philosophy?PART I: Meditation and philosophy 1 Skeptical doubts about meditation as philosophy2 The philosophy of meditation: The spoken Tao 3 Meditation and the paradox of self-consciousness 4 The relation between meditation and analytic philosophy 5 Engaging metacognitive practices: On the uses (and possible abuse) of meditation in philosophy 6 Differences and interaction between meditative cultivation and philosophical thought/insight in early and Theravāda Buddhism7 The necessity of meditation in Upaniṣadic turīya and Yogācāra amala vijñana PART II: Meditation and epistemology 8 Meditation, nonconceptuality, and the reflexive structure of consciousness 9 The experience of presence: Meditation and the nature of consciousness 10 Meditation as cultivating knowledge-how 11 How meditation changes the brain: A neurophilosophical and pragmatic account 12 How a philosophy of meditation can explore the deep connections between mindfulness and contemplative wisdom13 Psychedelics and meditation: A neurophilosophical perspectivePART III: Meditation and metaphysics 14 Philosophy without a philosopher: Anātman as a special case of dependent arising 15 Meditative experience and the plasticity of self-experience 16 The self: What does mindfulness meditation reveal about it? 17 Control, anxiety, and the progressive detachment from the self PART IV: Meditation and values 18 Is there a global norm in favor of global attentiveness?19 Meditation in the context of a naturalized eudaimonic Buddhism PART V: Meditation and phenomenology20 The phenomenology of meditation: An Advaita approach 21 What is meditation good for?: Reflections on the use of meditation in the study of consciousness 22 Bare attention, dereification, and meta-awareness in mindfulness: A phenomenological critique 23 Consciousness, content, and cognitive attenuation: A neurophenomenological perspective PART VI: Meditation in Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions24 Prosochê as Stoic mindfulness 25 The philosophical presuppositions of Christian meditation: Theo-philosophical anthropology and its corresponding participatory ontology 26 The end of man: Philosophical consummation in Jewish meditative tradition