Analytical Buddhism : the two-tiered illusion of self / Miri Albahari.
Albahari, Miri, 1968-
2006
BQ4262 .A43 2006eb
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Title Analytical Buddhism : the two-tiered illusion of self / Miri Albahari.
Author Albahari, Miri, 1968-
ISBN 9780230800540 (electronic book)
0230007120
9780230007123
Publication Details Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages)
Call Number BQ4262 .A43 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 294.3/422
Summary "It is not unusual for Western philosophers to deny existence to the 'self': that unified, separate, persisting thinker/owner/agent that we take ourselves to be. Following Hume and James, such philosophers have denied the self existence by treating as illusory its supposed unity and unbroken persistence. These qualities are deemed mere fictions, borne from imagination and acting upon a bundle of discrete thoughts, feelings and perceptions. In this book, Miri Albahari also denies existence to the self, but with a new twist: unity and unbrokenness are argued to be real qualities native to consciousness. Consciousness merges with desire-driven thought and emotion to create the impression of a separate and unified self; separateness, not unity, makes the self illusory. Albahari draws this 'two-tiered' model of the self-illusion from Canonical sources in Theravada Buddhist literature, augmenting it with research from neurologist Antonio Damasio. Since scholars usually ascribe a 'bundle theory' of no-self to Buddhism, Albahari offers a fresh perspective on this central Buddhist 'no-self' concept."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction : the two-tiered illusion of self
Some central distinctions and the Four Noble Truths
Nibbāna
The definition and status of self in Buddhism
The reflexively assumed self
How do we construe 'the self lacks reality'?
Linking problems of consciousness with awareness
The unconstructed reality of awareness
How the self could be a construct
The two-tiered illusion of self
Glimpses beyond.

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