Two Articles Relevant to Recent Class Topics

By | April 24, 2008

1) Philosopher William Vallicella argues that the Buddhist “no-self” doctrine (the view that nothing has an enduring self-nature) is self-refuting here. (Incidentally, if any of you want to write a paper on Buddhism, this would be a fine article to comment on.)

2) Yandell remarks that contemporary dismissals of mind-body dualism (an assumption of Jainism and of most monotheists) are a reflection of academic “fashion” and not a consequence of there being decisive arguments against dualism. Philosopher William Lycan, himself not a dualist, admits as much here.

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