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Analytical Buddhism
Maurizio Albahari
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Description for Analytical Buddhism
Paperback. Does the self - a unified, separate, persisting thinker/owner/agent - exist? Drawing on Western philosophy, neurology and Theravadin Buddhism, this book argues that the self is an illusion created by a tier of non-illusory consciousness and a tier of desire-driven thought and emotion, and that separateness underpins the self's illusory status. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK; HPM; HRAB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
Does the self - a unified, separate, persisting thinker/owner/agent - exist? Drawing on Western philosophy, neurology and Theravadin Buddhism, this book argues that the self is an illusion created by a tier of non-illusory consciousness and a tier of desire-driven thought and emotion, and that separateness underpins the self's illusory status.
Does the self - a unified, separate, persisting thinker/owner/agent - exist? Drawing on Western philosophy, neurology and Theravadin Buddhism, this book argues that the self is an illusion created by a tier of non-illusory consciousness and a tier of desire-driven thought and emotion, and that separateness underpins the self's illusory status.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349283033
SKU
V9781349283033
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About Maurizio Albahari
MIRI ALBAHARI is an Associate Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Western Australia.
Reviews for Analytical Buddhism
'This is an extraordinary book. It pursues Buddhist thought as a live philosophy, not as an already set belief system. By developing insights from the Buddhist tradition with the analytic tools of modern philosophy, Albahari produces an account of self and self-awareness that is at once continuous with mainstream philosophy of mind and refreshingly original. The result is a novel ... Read more