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Re: FW: Religous Variation
Peter D. Junger (junger@PDJ2-RA.F-REMOTE.CWRU.EDU)
Tue, 30 Jul 1996 13:14:25 -0400
John McCreery writes:
: I have read in various places that Mahayana Buddhist philosophy includes
: several subtle theories of mind. I would be delighted to hear more about
: them.
May I recommend:
AUTHOR Varela, Francisco J., 1945-
TITLE The embodied mind : cognitive science and human experience /
Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, Eleanor Rosch.
IMPRINT Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1991.
DESCRIPT'N xx, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
NOTE Includes bibliographical references and index.
ALT NAME Thompson, Evan.
Rosch, Eleanor.
SUBJECT Cognition.
Cognitive science.
Experiential learning.
Meditations --Buddhism.
for an example of Western cognitive scientists making use of Buddhist
``philosophy'' in an effort to understand the mind.
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Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
Internet: junger@pdj2-ra.f-remote.cwru.edu junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu
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