Uniting analytic philosophy with Buddhist, Indian, and Chinese traditions, this collection marks the first systematic cross-cultural examination of one of philosophy of mind's most fascinating questions: can consciousness be conceived as metaphysically fundamental?
Engaging in debates concerning consciousness and ultimate reality, emergence and mental causation, realism, idealism, panpsychism, and illusionism, it understands problems through the philosophies of East and South-East Asia, in particular Buddhism and Vedanta. Each section focuses on a specific aspect or theory of consciousness, and examines a particular subject from different disciplinary perspectives including philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science. These different angles allows readers to gain insight into the intellectual challenges and problems of the study of consciousness and its place in the thought traditions of both Eastern and Western philosophy.
Raising new questions, it provides a more global and holistic understanding of consciousness, presenting a stimulating and original contribution to contemporary consciousness studies and the metaphysics of mind.
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Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness
Mind, Nature, and Ultimate Reality
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Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness
Mind, Nature, and Ultimate Reality
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes on the Editors and Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One Consciousness and Ultimate Reality
- Part Two Emergence and Mental Causation
- Part Three Realism, Idealism, and Panpsychism
- Part Four Illusionism
- Index
- Imprint
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