Contextual theories of language and experience have been introduced in religious studies at the end of the 1970's to undermine the thesis of a common core in mystical experiences. / A brief review of the essential arguments of W. T. Stace and S. T. Katz is presented. We will then examine how the most consequential attempts to extract intelligible models from the mystics' testimonies have been reflecting, to a large extent, the philosophical assessments of science. We will justify the approach of modern psychology in the general endeavor of erecting an integrated epistemological model of human awareness, since this approach is better positioned to respect both the subjective contribution of the subject and the revised concept of objectivity in empirical methodology. / We will discuss the psychological process known as "cognitive alternation" or "cognitive adaptiveness" and its role in the creative process, and examine how this process reveals the essential structural orientation of consciousness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.59569 |
| Date | January 1989 |
| Creators | LaPointe, Jean Paul |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Faculty of Religious Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001073903, proquestno: AAIMM63720, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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