From the @yalepress Fall 2019 catalogue -- a short interview about my forthcoming book, Why I Am Not a Buddhist. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/sites/default/files/fall_2019_catalogue_web_final.pdf …pic.twitter.com/NASJCU6P6e
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There is one response to the claims of Buddhist modernism which I anticipate myself being sympathetic to: which is that these kinds of claims are a kind of concession to scientism, that Buddhism is made 'respectable' by 'acknowledging' some 'scientific aspects' of it.
Yes, but this move can and has been made with other religions, so there's nothing special about Buddhism here.
Sam Harris has claims that are Buddhist modernist, I think, in his 'Waking Up'. And I think his claims are infected by scientism. He imagines he is complimenting Buddhism with those judgments.
Yes, I discuss and criticize these claims in my book.
Great; looking forward to it.
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