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Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground

Published 1 January 2000
B. Alan Wallace
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Abstract

Introduction: Buddhism and Science--Breaking Down the Barriers, by B. Alan Wallace Part 1 Historical Context Buddhism and Science: On the Nature of the Dialogue, by Josc Ignacio Cabezon Science As an Ally or a Rival Philosophy? Tibetan Buddhist Thinkers' Engagement with Modern Science, by Thupten Jinpa Part 2 Buddhism and the Cognitive Sciences Understanding and Transforming the Mind, by His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama The Concepts Self, Person, and I in Western Psychology and in Buddhism, by David Galin Common Ground, Common Cause: Buddhism and Science on the Afflictions of Identity, by William S. Waldron Imagining: Embodiment, Phenomenology, and Transformation, by Francisco J. Varela and Natalie Depraz Lucid Dreaming and the Yoga of the Dream State: A Psychophysiological Perspective, by Stephen LaBerge On the Relevance of a Contemplative Science, by Matthieu Ricard Part 3 Buddhism and the Physical Sciences Emptiness and Quantum Theory, by William L. Ames Time and Impermanence in Middle Way Buddhism and Modern Physics, by Victor Mansfield A Cure for Metaphysical Illusions: Kant Quantum Mechanics and Madhyamaka, by Michel Bitbol Emptiness and Relativity, by David Ritz Finkelstein Encounters Between Buddhist and Quantum Epistemologies, by Anton Zeilinger Conclusion: Life As a Laboratory, by Piet Hut Appendix: A History of the Mind and Life Institute

Keywords

Physics and Astronomy