
Why I Am Not a Buddhist (Robert Wright & Evan Thompson)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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Are You a Buddhist Modernist?
Buddhist exceptionalism is the belief that either Buddhism is superior to other religions in being inherently rational or empirical. I don't identify with either of those positions so far, you know, and there's a place where you describe my views and I want to get, I just want to be clear on what, what I meant when I said the things you quote here. Robert Wright argues that science corroborates the core ideas,. unquote, of Buddhism. These ideas are not quote, the supernatural or more exoticly metaphysical parts of Buddhism, reincarnation for example. But rather the naturalistic parts, ideas that fall squarely within modern psychology and philosophy end of your quoting me.
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