| Analytical Buddhism: The Two-Tiered Illusion of Self 2006 Edition Contributor(s): Albahari, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230007120 ISBN-13: 9780230007123 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: We spend our lives protecting an elusive self - but does the self actually exist? Drawing on literature from Western philosophy, neuroscience and Buddhism (interpreted), the author argues that there is no self. The self - as unified owner and thinker of thoughts - is an illusion created by two tiers. A tier of naturally unified consciousness (notably absent in standard bundle-theory accounts) merges with a tier of desire-driven thoughts and emotions to yield the impression of a self. So while the self, if real, would think up the thoughts, the thoughts, in reality, think up the self. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Buddhist - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Philosophy | Epistemology |
| Dewey: 294.342 |
| LCCN: 2006047483 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.51" W x 8.53" (0.92 lbs) 235 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |