Tuesday, July 18, Day 2: Engaging Buddhist views: Philosophical and Phenomenological Perspectives 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM: William S. Waldron, PhD, Chair, Department of Religion, Middlebury … Read More
Toward contemplative science: further issues and models in the scientific investigation of contemplative practice. Clifford Saron, PhD, Research Scientist, UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain
The implicit and explicit worldviews (including those influenced by modern science) that underlie the contemporary presentation of Buddhism and their impact on the way that Buddhism … Read More
Inner Knowing and the Way of Humans — contextualizing the Mind & Life Dialogues in the Tibetan Buddhist discourse on Science and the Humanities; reflections on … Read More
How Buddhist theories of the imagination can balance the bottom-up and “brain-to-mind” views of neuroscience, to better recognize the impact of mental habits (including scientific forms … Read More
relevance to the contemporary Buddhism-science dialogue, and to conversation between scientific and religious worldviews more generally.
Trans-religious perspectives on compassion: implications for ethics and virtue in real world behaviors Andrew Dreitcer, PhD Director of Spiritual Formation; Co-Director of the Center for Engaged … Read More
Should contemplative neuroscience proceed free of ontological claims, in line with the radical interpretation of Varela’s neurophenomenology? Elena Antonova, PhD, Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and … Read More