
Expanding Mind - The Practice of Skepticism - 07.26.18
Expanding Mind
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The Connection Between Zen and Skepticism
Scepticism is used as a way of contesting supernatural claims or mystical claims, metaphysical claims. The connection with mediamica in buddhism is so important for us to understand it. We don't really have that many good models of classical sceptics but we do have at least a lot of literature of people who attempt to manifest a similar kind of radical doubt in a positive spiritual practice. It's actually kind of ike grotesque how easy contemporary scepticism is in comparison to ancient scepticism,. which is an admirable and very radical position.
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