The intersubjective worlds of science and religion
Format:
Website
Publication Date:
200106/2001
Publisher:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Place of Publication:
Santa Barbara, CA
Sources ID:
128359
Collection:
Tibetan and Himalayan Library
Visibility:
Public (group default)
Abstract:
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B. Alan Wallace, a scholar of Buddhism and science, gives a lecture on the role of science and religion in human experience. He focusses particularly on how the mind can be considered amenable to scientific study using first-person (introspective) methodologies. He offers counter-arguments to possible objections from the viewpoint of scientific materialists against such a study of the mind and discusses the intersubjective nature of truths and truth-claims. As he says, this lecture further pursues ideas raised in his book The Taboo of Subjectivity. This website includes a link to a webcast and transcript of the lecture, including responses from fellow scholars, and a question-and-answer session. (Zach Rowinski 2004-05-18)