WALTER T. STACE VE STEVEN T. KATZ'A ÖZEL BİR REFERANSLA MİSTİK TECRÜBENİN MAHİYETİ, NESNELLİĞİ VE DIŞAVURUMU

Year 2018, Issue: 68, 110 - 134, 15.12.2018

Fatma Yüce

Abstract

Hem Walter T. Stace hem Steven T. Katz evrensel öze dair birbirlerine zıt argümanlarla
mistik tecrübe konusunda önemli rol oynarlar. Bu yüzden bu makalede mistik tecrübenin
mahiyeti, nesnelliği ve dışavurumu onların argümanlarıyla tartışılmıştır. Onların mistik
tecrübe anlayışlarının oldukça farklı olduğu görülmüştür; dolayısıyla nesnellik problemine
yönelik çıkarımları da. Onlar sadece dışa vurum konusunda ortak bir düşünceye sahiptirler.
Stace mistik tecrübeyi kültürün ötesinde ve dinle ilişkisiz bir şekilde tanımlarken,
Katz’ın mistik tecrübesi din ve kültür aracılığıyla aşırı belirlenmiştir. Bu bulgu makale boyunca
diğer felsefi problemleri çözmek için kullanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak mistik tecrübede
farklılıklardan ziyade yapısal, yöntemsel ve linguistik benzerlikler olduğuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Mistik Tecrübe, Mahiyet, Nesnellik, Dışavurum, Walter T. Stace, Steven T. Katz

THE NATURE, OBJECTIVITY AND EXPRESSION OF MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE: With a Special Reference to Walter T. Stace and Steven T. Katz

Abstract

Both Walter T. Stace and Steven T. Katz play an important role as regards the mystical
experience with their opposite arguments concerning the ‘universal core’. Therefore in
this article the nature, objectivity and expression of mystical experience is discussed through
their arguments. It is seen that their understanding of mystical experience is quite
different; so is their inference for the problem of objectivity. They only have a common
consideration as to the issue of expression. Stace defines mystical experience beyond culture
and irrelevant to religion, whereas Katz’s mystical experience is over-determined by
religion and culture. This finding is also used to solve the other philosophical problems
throughout the article. Consequently it is deduced that there are structural, procedural
and linguistic similarities rather than differences in the mystical experiences.

Keywords

Mystical Experience, Nature, Objectivity, Expression, Walter T. Stace, Steven T. Katz

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