The Philosophy of Spirituality

Nicholls, Roger A.; Salazar, Heather

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“…According to Puchalski and Ferrel, spirituality without religion can be defined as a relationship to transcendence, which can be "different kinds of concepts of how humans see themselves in the world and in relation to something outside of themselves" (p. 21). Another example by Eric Yang (2018) is that spiritual experiences can also involve unity with the cosmos or a perspectival shift. It is not possible to objectively know how the horses see themselves in this world or perceive themselves in a mirror, nor is it perhaps feasible to compare these experiences to the ones humans experience.…”

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Together to Know: In search for Equus Spiritual Experience

Keski-Korsu

2023

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Com Scire (2020) is a collaborative art project with horses. The project searches for interspecies spiritual experience and knowledge-production through interspecies spiritual technology represented by a horse-size mirror. This paper compiles observations and learnings from the process of creating Com Scire with horses in Toiska farm, Ilmajoki, Finland. The research question evolves from asking what a horse sees in the mirror and can this be a spiritual experience for the horse? Com Scire is a part of a broader artistic research process that studies and develops interspecies, empathic, and performative rituals.

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Together to Know: In search for Equus Spiritual Experience

Keski-Korsu

2023

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COVID-19 and the Cultural Challenges of the Rights of Contemporary African Ancestors

Igboin

2022

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What is spirituality? The challenges of a philosophical definition

Reisinger

2024

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In recent years, there have been a number of philosophical publications focusing on spirituality. But even in pertinent philosophical texts it is rare to find attempts at shaping a workable definition of spirituality, despite the obvious need for a clear definition for the philosophical debate on spirituality. This paper addresses the major issues in shaping a satisfactory definition of spirituality: an understanding of spirituality as transcendence of critical reasoning, the broadness of the concept, the implications of various scholarly backgrounds and the challenge of avoiding a circular definition. It suggests a rough clustering of common approaches into ontological, ethical, and functional definitions and discusses their weaknesses. It is argued that an inclusive, metaphysically parsimonious, and stipulative definition is the best way to address typical difficulties and avoid weaknesses of common definitions. Finally, it proposes a definition based on meaning, a term that often appears in the discussion of spirituality. It is suggested that understanding meaning in the ordinary sense of the word might be a good starting point to arrive at a satisfactory definition of spirituality.

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The Philosophy of Spirituality

Cited by 5 publications

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Together to Know: In search for Equus Spiritual Experience

Together to Know: In search for Equus Spiritual Experience

COVID-19 and the Cultural Challenges of the Rights of Contemporary African Ancestors

What is spirituality? The challenges of a philosophical definition

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