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Jud Brewer - Changing Habits

Mind & Life

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Understanding Through Dependent Origination

Buddhist psychology's concept of dependent origination comprises 12 interconnected links that illustrate a complex process of understanding human experience. This framework, while initially presented in a linear fashion for clarity, reveals a web of interrelations fundamental to enlightenment. Modern psychological theories, particularly reinforcement learning, align closely with this ancient philosophy, demonstrating that both disciplines ultimately describe similar processes of understanding behavior and cognition, albeit in different terminologies and simplifications.

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