Brains, Buddhas, and believing : the problem of intentionality in classical Buddhist and cognitive-scientific philosophy of mind

Brains, Buddhas, and believing : the problem of intentionality in classical Buddhist and cognitive-scientific philosophy of mind / Dan Arnold.

In the recent, burgeoning discourse on Buddhist thought and cognitive science, 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arnold, Daniel Anderson, 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Buddhist philosophy.
Philosophy of mind.
Philosophy, Comparative.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
Buddhist philosophy
Philosophy, Comparative
Philosophy of mind
Intentionalität
Kognitionswissenschaft
Vergleichende Philosophie
Buddhistische Philosophie
Apoha
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Dharmakīrti's Proof of Rebirth: A Dualist Account of the Causes of Cognition; 2. The Cognitive-Scientific Revolution: Computationalism and the Problem of Mental Causation; 3. Responsiveness to Reasons as Such: A Kantian Account of Intentionality; 4. The Apoha Doctrine: Dharmakīrti's Account of Mental Content; 5. The Svasaṃvitti Doctrine: Dharmakīrti's "Methodological Solipsism"; 6. Indian Arguments from Practical Reason: Mīmāṃsakas and Mādhyamikas Contra Cognitivism; Concluding Reflections: Religious Studies and Philosophy of Mind; Notes; References.

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