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| What Kind of an Illusion Is the Illusion of Self | ||
| 作者 | Struhl, Karsten J. (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Comparative Philosophy |
| 卷期 | v.11 n.2 |
| 出版日期 | 2020.07 |
| 頁次 | 113 - 139 |
| 出版者 | The Center for Comparative Philosophy & University Library |
| 出版地 | California, US [加利福尼亞州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | STRUHL, KARSTEN J.: Lecturer of Philosophy, New School for Public Engagement & City University of New York, USA. |
| 關鍵詞 | Buddhism; illusion of self; neuropsychology; no-self; phenomenal self model; vipassanā (mindfulness meditation) |
| 摘要 | Both early and later forms of Buddhism developed a set of arguments to demonstrate that the self is an illusion. This article begins with a brief review of some of the arguments but then proceeds to show that these arguments are not themselves sufficient to dispel the illusion. It analyzes three ways in which the illusion of self manifests itself – as wish fulfillment, as a cognitive illusion, and as a phenomenal illusion (what might be called the “I” sense). With respect to this last, the article reviews some recent developments in cognitive neuropsychology and neuroscience to discuss the way in which the phenomenal illusion of self is encoded within our brain processes. This article also considers the way in which the illusion of self is constructed through social interaction, by episodic memory, and by narrative construction. Finally, it focuses on how the illusion of self developed as an evolutionary necessity to make it possible for the human organism to navigate physical and social reality; and that it continues to be useful today. This poses a dilemma for the Buddhist soteriological project of extinguishing the illusion of self. Specifically, while it is possible to develop a non-self perspective though the continued practice of vipassanā (mindfulness meditation), it is not possible to maintain it consistently. The article concludes that even fully enlightened individuals must sometimes oscillate between a non-self perspective and a self-perspective and suggests an analogy between this oscillation and what occurs in the Kanizsa square illusion. |
| 目次 | Abstract 113 1. What is the Idea of the Self That is Being Denied by Buddhism? 114 2. Arguments for No-self 115 3. What is an Illusion? In What Ways Might the Self be Considered an Illusion? 119 4. The Self as Wish-fulfillment, as Cognitive Illusion, and as Phenomenal Illusion 121 5. The Neuropsychological Construction of the Phenomenal Self 123 6. The Social and Narrative Construction of the Illusion of Self 125 7. The Evolutionary Development and Function of the Illusion on Self 127 8. Mindfulness Meditation: Seeing Through the Illusion of Self and the Non-self Perspective 129 9. Is It Possible to Maintain a Consistent Non-self Perspective? 132 Acknowledgements 138 References 138 |
| ISSN | 21516014 (E) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.31979/2151-6014(2020).110208 |
| 點閱次數 | 1 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.09.20 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.09.21 |
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