Richard H. Jones is an independent scholar and researcher. His previous books include History of Mysticism and An Introduction to the Study of Mysticism, both published by SUNY Press.

"The value of the book lies in the author's ability to draw connections between the work of mystics and contemporary debates in epistemology, the philosophy of science and philosophical psychology." — David Wisdo, Susquehanna University

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Mysticism and Knowledge1. Experience and Conceptualization in Mystical Knowledge2. Knowledge and Unknowing in the Isa UpanisadPart II. Mysticism and Reason3. Rationality and Mysticism4. The Nature and Function of Nagarjuna's ArgumentsPart III. Mysticism and Language5. A Philosophical Analysis of Mystical UtterancesPart IV. Mysticism and Science6. Concerning Joseph Needham on TaoismPart V. Mysticism and Theology7. The Religious Irrelevance of the Ontological ArgumentPart VI. Mysticism and Psychology8. Concerning Carl Jung on Asian Religious TraditionsPart VII. Mysticism and Ethics9. Must Enlightened Mystics Be Moral?10. Theravada Buddhism and MoralityNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Richard H. Jones is an independent scholar and researcher. His previous books include History of Mysticism and An Introduction to the Study of Mysticism, both published by SUNY Press.

"The value of the book lies in the author's ability to draw connections between the work of mystics and contemporary debates in epistemology, the philosophy of science and philosophical psychology." — David Wisdo, Susquehanna University

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Mysticism and Knowledge1. Experience and Conceptualization in Mystical Knowledge2. Knowledge and Unknowing in the Isa UpanisadPart II. Mysticism and Reason3. Rationality and Mysticism4. The Nature and Function of Nagarjuna's ArgumentsPart III. Mysticism and Language5. A Philosophical Analysis of Mystical UtterancesPart IV. Mysticism and Science6. Concerning Joseph Needham on TaoismPart V. Mysticism and Theology7. The Religious Irrelevance of the Ontological ArgumentPart VI. Mysticism and Psychology8. Concerning Carl Jung on Asian Religious TraditionsPart VII. Mysticism and Ethics9. Must Enlightened Mystics Be Moral?10. Theravada Buddhism and MoralityNotesSelected BibliographyIndex