{"product_id":"bodhisattvas-brain-buddhism-naturalized","title":"Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eOwen Flanagan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780262525206\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMIT Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e281\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis fascinating introduction to the intersection between religion, neuroscience, and moral philosophy asks: Can there be a Buddhism without karma, nirvana, and reincarnation that is compatible with the rest of knowledge? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If we are material beings living in a material world--and all the scientific evidence suggests that we are--then we must find existential meaning, if there is such a thing, in this physical world. We must cast our lot with the natural rather than the supernatural. Many Westerners with spiritual (but not religious) inclinations are attracted to Buddhism--almost as a kind of moral-mental hygiene. But, as Owen Flanagan points out in \u003ci\u003eThe Bodhisattva's Brain\u003c\/i\u003e, Buddhism is hardly naturalistic. In \u003ci\u003eThe Bodhisattva's Brain\u003c\/i\u003e, Flanagan argues that it is possible to discover in Buddhism a rich, empirically responsible philosophy that could point us to one path of human flourishing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Some claim that neuroscience is in the process of validating Buddhism empirically, but Flanagan'' naturalized Buddhism does not reduce itself to a brain scan showing happiness patterns. \"Buddhism naturalized,\" as Flanagan constructs it, offers instead a fully naturalistic and comprehensive philosophy, compatible with the rest of knowledge--a way of conceiving of the human predicament, of thinking about meaning for finite material beings living in a material world.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized | Owen Flanagan | Paperback | 9780262525206 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks I 1753956","offer_id":49002480599192,"sku":"1753956","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81K9slJ22vL.jpg?v=1778257168","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/bodhisattvas-brain-buddhism-naturalized","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}