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Ep. 54: More Buddhism and Naturalism

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Episode for Purchase: Continuing our discussion of Owen Flanagan’s The Bodhisattva’s Brain: Buddhism Naturalized (2011). Are the basic tenets of Buddhism compatible with a respect for science? We talk (eventually) about talk about karma, nirvana, emptiness, no-self, and the four noble truths.

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Category: Podcast Episodes Tags: Buddhism, Harry Potter, meta-ethics, naturalism, Owen Flanagan, Star Wars
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Continuing our discussion of Owen Flanagan's The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized (2011).

Are the basic tenets of Buddhism compatible with a respect for science? In episode 53, Owen Flanagan outlined a science-friendly project of comparative ethics, and touched on Buddhism's empiricist theory of knowledge and its metaphysics of impermanence. If that was the lecture, this episode is the discussion section, where the regular foursome expands upon these themes and hopefully makes some of the previous discussion more understandable to folks new to philosophy.

Folks that like hearing us free associating among anecdotes and rants about movies and discussion of our ground rules will enjoy this, whereas those impatient to hear about Buddhism are free to jump past the first 20, or even 40 minutes, at which point we get down to business and talk about karma, nirvana, emptiness, no-self, and the four noble truths. Read more about the topic and get the book.

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Running Time: 1 hr., 37 min. Recorded: March 19, 2012. Participants: Mark, Wes, Seth, Dylan
As a bonus, your purchase includes high-bitrate mp3 of "Who Wants to Love Me?" by Mark Lint (2012)

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