Brains, Buddhas, and Believing : : The Problem of Intentionality in Classical Buddhist and Cognitive-Scientific Philosophy of Mind / / Dan Arnold.
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 obstacle to popular attempts at harmonizing classical Buddhist and modern scie...
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