Meditations of a Buddhist skeptic a manifesto for the mind sciences and contemplative practice

Prologue: skepticism in Buddhism and science -- Restoring our human nature. Toward a revolution in the mind sciences -- Buddhism and science: confrontation and collaboration -- Buddhism and the mind sciences -- A three-dimensional science of mind -- Restoring meaning to the universe -- What makes u...

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1. Verfasser: Wallace, B. Alan (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, Chichester Columbia University Press 2012
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Zusammenfassung:Prologue: skepticism in Buddhism and science -- Restoring our human nature. Toward a revolution in the mind sciences -- Buddhism and science: confrontation and collaboration -- Buddhism and the mind sciences -- A three-dimensional science of mind -- Restoring meaning to the universe -- What makes us human? scientific and Buddhist views -- Achieving free will -- Transcending our human nature. Buddhist radical empiricism -- From agnosticism to gnosticism -- A Buddhist model of optimal mental health -- Mindfulness in the mind sciences and in Buddhism -- Shamatha and Vipashyana in the Indian Buddhist tradition -- Shamatha and Vipashyana in the Dzogchen tradition -- Epilogue: the many worlds of Buddhism and science.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XI, 292 S
ISBN:9780231530323
978-0-231-53032-3
9780231158343
978-0-231-15834-3
0231158343
0-231-15834-3