Brains, Buddhas, and Believing: The Problem of Intentionality in Classical Buddhist and Cognitive-Scientific Philosophy of Mind - Paperback
by Dan Arnold
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231145473ISBN-10:231145470UPC:9780231145473Book Category:Religion, Philosophy, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Eastern, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionBook Topic:General (see also PhilosophySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCDQW3EPBG
Brains, Buddhas, and Believing: The Problem of Intentionality in Classical Buddhist and Cognitive-Scientific Philosophy of Mind
Premodern Buddhists are sometimes characterized as veritable "mind scientists" whose insights anticipate modern research on the brain and mind. Aiming to complicate this story, Dan Arnold confronts a significant obstacle to popular attempts at harmonizing classical Buddhist and modern scientific thought: since most Indian Buddhists held that the mental continuum is uninterrupted by death (its...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231145473ISBN-10:231145470UPC:9780231145473Book Category:Religion, Philosophy, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Eastern, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionBook Topic:General (see also PhilosophySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCDQW3EPBG
Dan Arnold is associate professor of philosophy of religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School, where he also received his Ph.D. His first book, Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief: Epistemology in South Asian Philosophy of Religion, won an American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion.
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