Reasoning into Reality

by Fenner, Peter G.

• ISBN13: 9780861710607
• ISBN10: 0861710606
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-04-01
• Publisher: Wisdom Pubns

Summary

An innovative interpretation of Buddhist Middle Path thought, the most advanced level of Buddhist philosophy, into the contemporary language of psychology and systems theory. Uniquely relevant to the Western disciplines of philosophy, psychology, and psychotherapy, this model shows how Middle Path analysis applies to psychotherapeutic settings.

Author Biography

Peter Fenner, Ph.D. is currently senior lecturer in philosophical and religious studies at Deakin University in Australia.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations
Systemic Modeling and the Middle Path
Perspectivism and contextualization	p. 1
The value of a systems model	p. 10
Systems and models	p. 16
Systems epistemology	p. 22
Analytical Meditation
Middle Path analysis	p. 31
Patterns of paradoxical analysis	p. 55
Temporal and one-or-many analyses	p. 66
Routes of analysis	p. 66
Analytical variations	p. 71
A generalized analytical procedure	p. 76
Implicative and non-affirming negations	p. 81
Logical and experiential consequences	p. 85
A Simulation Model of Middle Path Analysis
The place of the simulation model	p. 111
Interpreting the model	p. 127
A Therapeutic Application of Middle Path Analysis
Cognitive theories of the emotions in Buddhism and Western psychology	p. 167
Cognitive therapies and Middle Path analysis	p. 183
The traditional specification of Middle Path analysis and its extension into the therapeutic context	p. 195
Appendix: A Formal Description of the Simulation
Bibliography
Notes
Index
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