Analytical Buddhism

The Two-tiered Illusion of Self

M. Albahari (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

235 Seiten

2006
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-00712-3 (ISBN)

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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.

MIRI ALBAHARI is an Associate Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Western Australia.

Preface Introduction: The Two-Tiered Illusion of Self Some Central Distinctions and the Four Noble Truths Nibbana The Definition and Status of Self in Buddhism The Reflexively Assumed Self How do we Construe 'The Self Lacks Reality'? Linking Problems of Consciousness with Awareness The Unconstructed Reality of Awareness How the Self could be a Construct The Two-Tiered Illusion of Self Glimpses Beyond Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.10.2006
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 235 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-230-00712-0 / 0230007120
ISBN-13	978-0-230-00712-3 / 9780230007123
Zustand	Neuware