The development of Meditative Reason is an attempt to articulate a more universal and potent paradigm of human understanding that builds on the long-tested insights and methods of the meditative traditions and on the centuries of discoveries and innovations in the evolution of the rational enterprise. These explorations address a range of issues at the forefront of contemporary research: on the nature of rationality and human understanding; on the essence of language and consciousness; on the dynamics of cultural formation and transformations; on the dynamics of communication and dialogue between diverse cultural, religious and philosophical worlds; on the need to explore the common ground between diverse disciplines or fields; and on the perennial quest to decipher the universal code at the heart of eastern and western thought. These disclosures of Meditative Reason call for a radical revisioning of the evolution of thought and cultural life in a global context.

Ashok K. Gangadean is currently Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Haverford College, where he has taught for the past twenty-nine years. Dr. Gangadean recently published a companion volume: Between Worlds: The Emergence of Global Reason also in the Revisioning Philosophy Series (Peter Lang). Another related book - Time, Truth and Logic - will appear soon. He is also the Founder-Director of the Global Dialogue Institute which seeks to embody the dialogical powers of global reason in all aspects of cultural life.