Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment is a 2017 book by journalist and evolutionary psychologist Robert Wright. As of August 2017, the book had peaked at The New York Times No. 4 bestseller in hardcover nonfiction.
In Why Buddhism is True, Wright advocates a secular, Westernized form of Buddhism focusing on the practice of mindfulness meditation and stripped of supernatural beliefs such as reincarnation. He further argues that more widespread practice of meditation could lead to a more reflective and empathetic population and reduce political tribalism. In line with his background, Wright draws heavily on evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology to defend the correctness of Buddhism's diagnosis of the causes of human suffering. He argues the modern psychological idea of the modularity of mind resonates with the Buddhist teaching of no-self (anatman).
##佛学的意义在于:“把我们从自然选择给的局限视角中解放除了,从一个更高的水平观察和体验这个世界。”
评分##在Coursera的“佛教与现代心理学”上知道这个作者,结合进化心理学讨论佛法这个路子非常对胃。其实在接触作者作品以前我就构想过提线木偶的比喻,现在那个string和puppeteer的真面目越发清晰了。
评分##Non fiction都是一个套路
评分##"When we live without awareness, numb to small delights, we may more easily fall into addictive behavior, as we need increased levels of stimulating sensations, either pleasant or painful, in order to feel alive."
评分##事后诸葛的强行解释,虽然不乏新意。但是方法论是错误的
评分##用进化论和脑科学阐释“无我”和“空”,佛教美国化不是走科学路径,就是使用基督教框架,和汉化佛教大异其趣(融合儒道,舍弃汉人不感兴趣的逻辑思辨)。这本书还有个有趣的点是,认为这个世界刚好是伦理问题的最终解决可以通过形而上学问题的最终解决来解决的这样一个世界(但其他可能的世界未必如此),不过这个作者太啰嗦了!
评分##事后诸葛的强行解释,虽然不乏新意。但是方法论是错误的
评分##同样的实验结果,在我眼里只是一个有趣的心理学新发现,而在大神手里就成了重塑世界观的武器。
评分##事后诸葛的强行解释,虽然不乏新意。但是方法论是错误的
本站所有内容均为互联网搜索引擎提供的公开搜索信息,本站不存储任何数据与内容,任何内容与数据均与本站无关,如有需要请联系相关搜索引擎包括但不限于百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2026 book.tinynews.org All Rights Reserved. 静思书屋 版权所有