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| Buddhism, Naturalism, and the Pursuit of Happiness | ||
| 作者 | Goodman, Charles |
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| 出處題名 | Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science |
| 卷期 | v.49 n.1 |
| 出版日期 | 2014.03 |
| 頁次 | 220 - 230 |
| 出版者 | Wiley-Blackwell |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ |
| 出版地 | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | meditation; methodological naturalism; naturalism; Owen Flanagan; BODHISATTVA'S Brain: Buddhism Naturalized, The (Book) |
| 摘要 | Owen Flanagan's important book The Bodhisattva's Brain presents a naturalized interpretation of Buddhist philosophy. Although the overall approach of the book is very promising, certain aspects of its presentation could benefit from further reflection. Traditional teachings about reincarnation do not contradict the doctrine of no self, as Flanagan seems to suggest; however, they are empirically rather implausible. Flanagan's proposed 'tame' interpretation of karma is too thin; we can do better at fitting karma into a scientific worldview. The relationship between eudaimonist and utilitarian strands in Buddhist ethics is more complex than the book suggests. Flanagan is right to criticize incautious and imprecise claims that Buddhism will make practitioners happy. We can make progress by distinguishing between happiness in the sense of a Buddhist version of eudaimonia, and happiness in the sense of attitudinal pleasure. Doing so might result in an interpretation of Buddhist views about happiness that was simultaneously philosophically interesting, historically credible, and psychologically testable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| ISSN | 05912385 (P); 14679744 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 387 |
| 建檔日期 | 2014.10.15 |
| 更新日期 | 2020.01.06 |
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