{"product_id":"the-bodhisattvas-brain-buddhism-naturalized-9780262525206","title":"The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOwen Flanagan is James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Consciousness Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the MIT Press, and other books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bradford Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648740360466,"sku":"9780262525206","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f949f049-4093-4101-92d8-08b61e45baa4.jpg?v=1759832885","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bodhisattvas-brain-buddhism-naturalized-9780262525206","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}