2 papers in the library · publishing 2018-2022
August 10, 2022 Hugh Nicholson
Chapter 2 begins by presenting the classic formulation of the No-self doctrine, according to which the personality is reducible to its physical and psychological constituents the way that a chariot is reducible to its parts. The chapter then develops a cognitive scientifically informed interpretation of Buddhist insight meditation, traditionally understood as a technique for internalizing the...
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion March 23, 2018 Hugh Nicholson
Abstract Characteristic of the recent cognitive approach to religion (CSR) is the thesis that religious discourse and practice are rooted in an inveterate human propensity to explain events in terms of agent causality. This thesis readily lends itself to the critical understanding of religious belief as “our intuitive psychology run amok.” This effective restriction of the scientific critique...