Karsten J. Struhl

2 papers in the library · 8 citations · publishing 2020-2021

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The Illusion of Self Revisited: Replies to Critics

Comparative Philosophy An International Journal of Constructive Engagement of Distinct Approaches toward World Philosophy January 29, 2021 Karsten J. Struhl

Anand Vaidya, Sean Smith, and Mark Siderits have presented thoughtful comments and provocative challenges to my article “What Kind of an Illusion is the Illusion of Self?” Their challenges raise significant questions about the nature of illusion, whether Buddhism is denying the self in all senses of the term, whether there could be a self that exists for some limited duration of time and has at...

DOI: 10.31979/2151-6014(2021).120115

What Kind of an Illusion is the Illusion of Self

Comparative Philosophy An International Journal of Constructive Engagement of Distinct Approaches toward World Philosophy July 27, 2020 Karsten J. Struhl 8 citations

Both early and later forms of Buddhism developed a set of arguments to demonstrate that the self is an illusion. This article begins with a brief review of some of the arguments but then proceeds to show that these arguments are not themselves sufficient to dispel the illusion. It analyzes three ways in which the illusion of self manifests itself – as wish fulfillment, as a cognitive illusion,...

DOI: 10.31979/2151-6014(2020).110208