Analytical Buddhism: The Two-tiered Illusion of Self - Hardcover

Albahari, M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230007120 ISBN 13: 9780230007123

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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

Review:

'This is an extraordinary book. It pursues Buddhist thought as a live philosophy, not as an already set belief system. By developing insights from the Buddhist tradition with the analytic tools of modern philosophy, Albahari produces an account of self and self-awareness that is at once continuous with mainstream philosophy of mind and refreshingly original. The result is a novel brand of eliminativism about the self, one that is phenomenologically rather than scientifically inspired.' - Uriah Kriegel, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, US

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0230007120
• ISBN 13: 9780230007123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 249