Buddhist Philosophy and Scientific Naturalism
This paper is a response to Christian Coseru, ‘The Middle Way to Reality: On Why I Am Not a Buddhist and Other Philosophical Curiosities.’ I address Coseru’s critical comments about naturalism, evolutionary psychology, scientific realism, and Madhyamaka philosophy. I argue that scientific naturalism...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Netherlands
2023
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Sophia
Jahr: 2023, Band: 62, Heft: 1, Seiten: 71-86 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Buddhism
B scientific realism B Scientific naturalism B Science B Evolutionary Psychology B Madhyamaka |
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Zusammenfassung: | This paper is a response to Christian Coseru, ‘The Middle Way to Reality: On Why I Am Not a Buddhist and Other Philosophical Curiosities.’ I address Coseru’s critical comments about naturalism, evolutionary psychology, scientific realism, and Madhyamaka philosophy. I argue that scientific naturalism is not the right framework for relating Buddhism to science; rather, the proper framework is the ethics of knowledge. I argue that Coseru’s defence of evolutionary psychology is unconvincing and rests on a misunderstanding of the issues concerning the relations between evolutionary theory, evolutionary psychology, and Buddhist philosophy. Finally, I argue that there are considerable tensions between scientific realism and Buddhist philosophy. |
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ISSN: | 1873-930X |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-021-00880-2 |