Over the holiday break I have been reading a fascinating book by the philosopher Evan Thompson. The book sets out a process for improving our understanding of consciousness by combining the philosophy and subjective experientiall accounts of contemplative traditions ( primarily Buddhism) with the inter-subjective advances of modern science. In my estimation Thompson who is a longtime meditation practioner and one of most important founding philosophers of Embodied Cognition ( working with nueroscientist Francisco Varela) effectively straddles the human tendency to choose sides, and as a result it is the readers potential increased understanding that benefits. Highly reccomended. nytimes/2014/12/21/books/review/evan-thompsons-waking-dreaming-being.html?_r=0
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:05:27 +0000
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