Parallels and Paradoxes in Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

I — A Critical Reconnaissance

Bibliographic Data

ID11923969
AuthorsSal P Restivo, Sal Restivo (corresponding author)
Year1978
Volume8
Issue2
Pages143-181
Publication date1978-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Studies of Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0306-3127 • E-ISSN: 1460-3659
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/030631277800800201
OpenAlexW2092103063
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This paper is a prolegomenon to a study of the social origins and functions of the thesis that there are parallels between modern physics and Eastern mysticism. Interest in the parallelism thesis has been growing, but with an emphasis on advocacy as opposed to critical analysis. Advocates of parallelism such as Fritjof Capra have failed to take account of the pitfalls associated with drawing parallels between science and religion, or physics and mysticism. My basic objective in this paper is to establish a prelimmary foundation for social studies of parallelism. l outline the parallelism thesis, emphasizmg physics- mysticism parallelism, identify several pitfalls m the parallelism arguments, and suggest reasons for moderating the skepticism which emerges from the pitfalls analysis

Epistemology · Linguistics · Mysticism · Parallelism (grammar · Parallels · Skepticism · Evolution and Science Education · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices

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