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Author: Dimitry Shevchenko 

In Indian philosophical traditions, a reflection in a mirror frequently serves as a metaphor, suggesting that just as a face in a mirror appears where it is not, so does consciousness. Mirror of Nature, Mirror of Self utilizes this metaphor to address metaphysical, epistemological, and theological problems within non-reductionist approaches to consciousness. Author Dimitry Shevchenko contends that consciousness and its properties–such as the sense of self, subjectivity, and experience of qualia–stand in falsely perceived relations to cognitive and perceptive processes. This book explores models of interaction between consciousness, the mind-body complex, and the world in the philosophical schools of Sāṃkhya, Yoga, and Advaita-Vedānta. In a dialogue with psychoanalytical theory and analytic philosophy of mind, Shevchenko defends a new model of consciousness, integrating consciousness-mind dualism, mind naturalism, and representationalism about consciousness.Despite the overwhelming presence of pratibimbavadas, or “theories of reflection”, in major philosophical traditions in India, they have received little scholarly attention. Mirror of Nature, Mirror of Self is the first systematic exploration of mirror models of consciousness across traditions. By grounding these theories in their historical intellectual context, Shevchenko contributes to an intense philosophical conversation between Indian reductionists and non-reductionists about consciousness. The book explores the impact of Indian mirror models on theories of mental representation, theories of knowledge, philosophy of language, debates on illusory causality and the relationship between noumena and phenomena, as well as soteriological and theological theories. Finally, by comparing mirror models of consciousness in Indian philosophy with Jacques Lacan’s theory of the mirror stage and by engaging with theories of consciousness in analytic philosophy, this study contributes to contemporary debates across philosophical disciplines.This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on the Oxford Academic platform. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence.

Mirror of Nature, Mirror of Self 1st Table of contents:

1 Mirror Models of Consciousness in Early Sources and Indian Philosophical Systems
1.1 Early Vedic Metaphysics of Image Formation
1.1.1 Vedic Metaphysics of Resemblance
1.1.2 The General Condition of Phenomenal Representation (GCPR)
1.1.3 The General Condition of Phenomenal Formation (GCPF)
1.2 The Mirror Model of Consciousness in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad
1.3 Mirror Models in Buddhism
1.4 Metaphysical Approaches to Reflection in a Mirror
1.4.1 Sarvāstivādins and Dārṣṭāntikas: The Debate on the Reality of Reflection
1.4.2 Nyāya and Mīmāṃsā: The Reflected Image Is Nothing but the Prototype Object
1.4.3 Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla: The Reflected Image Has No Objective Support
1.4.4 Pratibimbavāda in Kashmiri Śaivism
2 Consciousness Reflects the Mind, the Mind Reflects Consciousness: Mirror Models in Sāṃkhya and Yoga
2.1 Sāṃkhya-Yoga Metaphysics
2.2 Reflection in the Mental Faculty
2.2.1 External Objects
2.2.2 The Self
2.3. Reflection in the self
2.4 Vijñānabhikṣu’s Double-Reflection Theory
2.5 Mental Representation of the Self in Yoga (Asmitā)
2.6 K.C. Bhattacharyya’s Interpretation of Mutual Reflection Theory
2.7 Summary
3 One Consciousness, Many Mirrors: Mirror Models in Advaita Vedānta
3.1 Non-dualist Theories of Reflection before Śaṅkara
3.2 Śaṅkara’s Theories of Reflection
3.2.1 Śaṅkara’s Theory of Brahman’s Reflection in Jīva
3.2.2 Śaṅkara’s Theory of Reflection in the Upadeśasāhasrī
3.3 Pratibimbavāda
3.3.1 Padmapāda’s Theory of Reflection
3.3.2 Pratibimbavāda: Later Developments
3.4 Summary
4 New Mirrors: Indian Theories of Reflection, Jacques Lacan, and Thomas Metzinger
4.1 Lacan’s Mirror Models
4.1.1 The First Reflection: The Ego
4.1.2 The Model of Two Mirrors
4.1.3 Second Reflection: Consciousness
4.1.4 Mirror Stage in Perspective: Wallon and Lacan
4.1.5 Lacan: Summary
4.2 Thomas Metzinger’s Representational Theory of Pure Consciousness
4.3 Reflection in a Mirror and the Hard Problem of Consciousness
4.4 New Theories of Consciousness-Matter Dualism, Mirror Interactionism, and Representationalism

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