Buddhism, Cognitive Science, and the Doctrine of Selflessness: A Revolution in Our Self-Conception

ISBN-13: 9781032302041 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 272 str.

Hugh Nicholson

Opis

This book examines the relationship between Buddhist philosophy and scientific psychology by focusing on the doctrine of No-self. A novel contribution to the study of Buddhist Philosophy, the book will also be of interest to scholars of Buddhist Studies and Asian Religions.

Spis treści

Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Against the Current; Chapter 1: Everyday Mindreading; Chapter 2: Buddhist Selflessness; Chapter 3: Anti-Cartesian Meditations; Chapter 4: No-self and the Demythologization of Buddhism; Chapter 5: Buddhist No-self as Proto-Idea; Chapter 6: Mahāyāna Perspectives on Selflessness: Emptiness and Representation Only; Chapter 7: Agentless Action in Zen

O autorze

Hugh Nicholson is Professor of Religious Studies at Loyola University Chicago, USA. He is a scholar of comparative religion with a specialization in South Asian religions.