• One / John of the Cross.- 1.1. Preliminary Remarks.- 1.2. The Man.- 1.3. The Texts.- Two / The Doctrine of St. John of the Cross: The Structure of the Human Person.- 2.1. The Sensory Part of the Soul.- 2.2. The “Spiritual Part” of the Soul.- Three / The Doctrine of St. John of the Cross: The Dynamics of Spiritual Development.- 3.1. The Starting Point: Human Existence as “Fallen”.- 3.2. The Stages and Means of Spiritual Growth.- 3.3. The Goal of Religious Development.- Four / Some Transitional Observations on the Nature of Christian Mysticism and the Data to Be Explained.- 4.1. Toward a More Adequate Characterization of Christian Mysticism.- 4.2. The Data to Be Explained.- Five / Some Objections Considered.- 5.1 Objections Based on the Problem of Inter-Subjective Agreement.- 5.2. Objections Based on the Issue of Testability.- 5.3. Other Objections.- Six / Mysticism and the Explanatory Mode of Inference.- 6.1. Explanations and the Explanatory Mode of Inference.- 6.2. Competing Explanations of Mysticism.- 6.3. The Reasonableness of Accepting Mysticism as a Cognitive Mode of Experience.- Seven / Conclusions.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

'This book is a significant contribution to the literature on mysticism and the epistemology thereof. It is recommended to all those interested in the mystics and in the question of the cognitive value of mysticism.' Review of Metaphysics March 1992

• One / John of the Cross.- 1.1. Preliminary Remarks.- 1.2. The Man.- 1.3. The Texts.- Two / The Doctrine of St. John of the Cross: The Structure of the Human Person.- 2.1. The Sensory Part of the Soul.- 2.2. The “Spiritual Part” of the Soul.- Three / The Doctrine of St. John of the Cross: The Dynamics of Spiritual Development.- 3.1. The Starting Point: Human Existence as “Fallen”.- 3.2. The Stages and Means of Spiritual Growth.- 3.3. The Goal of Religious Development.- Four / Some Transitional Observations on the Nature of Christian Mysticism and the Data to Be Explained.- 4.1. Toward a More Adequate Characterization of Christian Mysticism.- 4.2. The Data to Be Explained.- Five / Some Objections Considered.- 5.1 Objections Based on the Problem of Inter-Subjective Agreement.- 5.2. Objections Based on the Issue of Testability.- 5.3. Other Objections.- Six / Mysticism and the Explanatory Mode of Inference.- 6.1. Explanations and the Explanatory Mode of Inference.- 6.2. Competing Explanations of Mysticism.- 6.3. The Reasonableness of Accepting Mysticism as a Cognitive Mode of Experience.- Seven / Conclusions.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

'This book is a significant contribution to the literature on mysticism and the epistemology thereof. It is recommended to all those interested in the mystics and in the question of the cognitive value of mysticism.' Review of Metaphysics March 1992

• One / John of the Cross.- 1.1. Preliminary Remarks.- 1.2. The Man.- 1.3. The Texts.- Two / The Doctrine of St. John of the Cross: The Structure of the Human Person.- 2.1. The Sensory Part of the Soul.- 2.2. The “Spiritual Part” of the Soul.- Three / The Doctrine of St. John of the Cross: The Dynamics of Spiritual Development.- 3.1. The Starting Point: Human Existence as “Fallen”.- 3.2. The Stages and Means of Spiritual Growth.- 3.3. The Goal of Religious Development.- Four / Some Transitional Observations on the Nature of Christian Mysticism and the Data to Be Explained.- 4.1. Toward a More Adequate Characterization of Christian Mysticism.- 4.2. The Data to Be Explained.- Five / Some Objections Considered.- 5.1 Objections Based on the Problem of Inter-Subjective Agreement.- 5.2. Objections Based on the Issue of Testability.- 5.3. Other Objections.- Six / Mysticism and the Explanatory Mode of Inference.- 6.1. Explanations and the Explanatory Mode of Inference.- 6.2. Competing Explanations of Mysticism.- 6.3. The Reasonableness of Accepting Mysticism as a Cognitive Mode of Experience.- Seven / Conclusions.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

'This book is a significant contribution to the literature on mysticism and the epistemology thereof. It is recommended to all those interested in the mystics and in the question of the cognitive value of mysticism.' Review of Metaphysics March 1992