Richard H Jones

Biographic Data

ID3884746
NAMERichard H Jones
GIVEN NAMESRichard H
FAMILY NAMEJones
SIGNATUREJONES R H
AFFILIATIONSColumbia University
ORCID0000-0002-7570-2141
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT17
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1969
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Tattva

    Open AccessRichard H JonesARTICLEReligions2025References: 14

    In discussions of whether Nāgārjuna was an ontological realist or a nihilist, one key concept is omitted from most discussion: the "that-ness" (tattva) of phenomenal reality that is revealed once our conceptual overlay is removed. Once his notion of tattva is understood as a central element in his ontology, the idea that he was a full-blown nihilist disappears

  • Perennial Philosophy and the History of Mysticism

    Open AccessRichard H JonesARTICLESophia2022

  • Secular Mysticism

    Open AccessRichard H JonesARTICLEReligions2022Cited by: 1References: 54

    How a positive naturalist understanding of mystical experiences is possible and how these experiences and accompanying practices can be incorporated into a secular mysticism are discussed. Philosophical issues related to such a secular mysticism are also raised: is a truly secular mysticism possible? Are mystical experiences cognitive of transcendent non-natural realities? Can secular mysticism address the issue of the possible construction of my…

  • On What is Real in Nāgārjuna’s “Middle Way”

    Open AccessRichard H JonesARTICLEComparative Philosophy An…2020

    It has become popular to portray the Buddhist Nāgārjuna as an ontological nihilist, i.e., that he denies the reality of entities and does not postulate any further reality. A reading of his works does show that he rejects the self-existent reality of entities, but it also shows that he accepts a "that-ness" (tattva) to phenomenal reality that survives the denial of any distinct, self-contained entities. Thus, he is not a nihilist concerning what …

  • On Constructivism in Philosophy of Mysticism

    Richard H JonesARTICLEThe Journal of Religion2020Cited by: 3References: 10

  • London in the Age of Chaucer . A. R. Myers

    Richard Jones, Richard H JonesARTICLESpeculum1989

  • Chivalry . Maurice Keen

    Richard Jones, Richard H JonesARTICLESpeculum1987

  • King Edward III . Michael Packe , L. C. B. Seaman Edward III and Chivalry

    Richard Jones, Richard H JonesARTICLESpeculum1984

  • Must Enlightened Mystics Be Moral

    Richard H JonesARTICLEPhilosophy East and West1984

  • John Hopton

    Richard Jones, Richard H JonesARTICLESpeculum1983

  • Vidya and Avidya in the Isa Upanisad

    Richard H JonesARTICLEPhilosophy East and West1981Cited by: 2

  • A Philosophical Analysis of Mystical Utterances

    Richard H JonesARTICLEPhilosophy East and West1979

  • Theravāda Buddhism and Morality

    Richard H JonesARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1979

    Journal Article Theravāda Buddhism and Morality Get access Richard H. Jones Richard H. Jones a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Religion at Columbia University. He has published articles in Philosophy East and West (October, 1978; July, 1979; and forthcoming), Religion (Autumn, 1979), and Journal of Chinese Philosophy (forthcoming). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Rel…

  • Jung and Eastern religious traditions

    Richard H JonesARTICLEReligion1979References: 1

  • The Nature and Function of Nagarjuna's Arguments

    Richard H JonesARTICLEPhilosophy East and West1978

  • Richard II in the Early Chronicles . Louisa Desaussure Duls

    Richard Jones, Richard H JonesARTICLESpeculum1977

  • Change detection model for serially correlated data

    Richard H Jones, David H Crowell et al.ARTICLEPsychological Bulletin1969