Science and Mysticism: A Comparative Study of Western Natural Science, Theravada Buddhism, and Advaita Vedanta

by Richard H. Jones

Book Overview

Do modern science and traditional mysticism have anything in common? Can they be related at all? How do scientific and mystical claims about reality compare and contrast with each other? This philosophical work, originally published by Bucknell University Press in 1986, attempts to provide some answers to these questions. In Part I, Richard H. Jones sets out those aspects of science and mysticism that become important when the two endeavors are compared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439203040
• ISBN13: 9781439203040
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.6" x 6.0"