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The Middle Way to Reality: on Why I Am Not a Buddhist and Other Philosophical Curiosities |
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Coseru, Christian (著)
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Sophia
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| Volume | v.62 n.1 |
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| Date | 2023.03 |
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| Pages | 87 - 110 |
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| Publisher | Springer Nature |
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https://www.springernature.com/gp
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| Location | Switzerland [瑞士] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author Affiliation: College of Charleston |
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| Keyword | Evolutionary psychology; Cognitive neuroscience; Scientific metaphysics; Madhyamaka; Neurophenomenology; Buddhist modernism; Naturalism; Foundationalism; Realism; Anti-realism |
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| Abstract | This paper examines four central issues prompted by a recent critique of this Buddhist modernist phenomenon in Evan Thompson’s Why I Am Not a Buddhist : (i) the suitability of evolutionary psychology as a framework of analysis for Buddhist moral psychological ideas; (ii) the issue of what counts as the core and main trajectory of the Buddhist intellectual tradition; (iii) the scope of naturalism in the relation between science and metaphysics, and (iv) whether a Madhyamaka-inspired anti-foundationalism stance can serve as an effective platform for debating the issue of progress in science. The main argument of this paper is that while the mind sciences may corroborate some aspects of the Buddhist model of mind, they also call into question some core Buddhist ideas. Hence, if Buddhism is to enter into a fruitful dialogue with the mind sciences, it must be shown to complement the empirical claims to knowledge for which scientific naturalism so far provides the most viable basis. |
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| Table of contents | Keywords 87
Confessional Overture 87
Buddhism and Evolutionary Psychology: Matching Partners or Incompatible Bedfellows? 89
Fine‑Tuning Naturalism 94
A Scientifc Metaphysics? 95
Madhyamaka and the Real World 99
In Defense of Epistemological Optimism 103
References 107 |
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| ISSN | 00381527 (P); 1873930X (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11841-021-00854-4 |
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| Hits | 46 |
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| Created date | 2021.07.27 |
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| Modified date | 2023.10.05 |
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