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The Bodhisattva's Brain : Buddhism Naturalized

Summary: Can there be a Buddhism without karma, nirvana, and reincarnation that is compatible with the rest of knowledge? If we are material beings living in a material world--and all the scientific evidence suggests that we are--then we must find existential meaning, if there is such a thing, in this physical world. We must cast our lot with the natural rather than the supernatural. Many Westerners with spiritual (but not religious) inclinations are attracted to Buddhism--almost as a kind of moral-mental hygiene. But, as Owen Flanagan points out in The Bodhisattva's Brain, Buddhism is hardly naturalistic. In The Bodhisattva's Brain, Flanagan argues that it is possible to discover in Buddhism a rich, empirically responsible philosophy that could point us to one path of human flourishing. Some claim that neuroscience is in the process of validating Buddhism empirically, but Flanagan's naturalized Buddhism does not reduce itself to a brain scan showing happiness patterns. "Buddhism naturalized," as Flanagan constructs it, offers instead a fully naturalistic and comprehensive philosophy, compatible with the rest of knowledge--a way of conceiving of the human predicament, of thinking about meaning for finite material beings living in a material world. --

Record details

ISBN: 0262016044
ISBN: 9780262016049
ISBN: 0262525208
ISBN: 9780262525206
ISBN: 6613258628
ISBN: 9786613258625
ISBN: 9781283258623
ISBN: 1283258625
ISBN: 0262298171
ISBN: 9780262298179
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages)
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Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Bradford Book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : Buddhism Naturalized -- An Essay in Comparative Neurophilosophy -- The Bodhisattva's Brain -- The Color of Happiness -- Buddhist Epistemology and Science -- Buddhism as a Natural Philosophy -- Selfless Persons -- Being No-Self and Being Nice -- Virtue and Happiness -- Postscript : Cosmopolitanism and Comparative Philosophy.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.