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Writer, UBC Philosophy, Assoc Member Asian Studies & Psych Depts. Married to @beckettodd

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    1. Keith Frankish‏ @keithfrankish 5 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @NeuroYogacara @evantthompson and

      I don't see why no-self theorists can't continue to speak of *persons* existing and acting and being subject to illusions. They are just rejecting a certain metaphysical account of what persons are, aren't they?

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    2. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 5 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @keithfrankish @ericlinuskaplan @bsod_nams

      Agreed. That's what Buddhists generally do. See Steven Collins, Selfless Persons, and Mark Siderits, Personal Identity and Buddhist Philosophy: Empty Persons

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    3. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 5 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @evantthompson @keithfrankish and

      My own view, however, is that "self" can't be restricted in meaning to an independent, substantial entity (most philosophers and psychologists since James and Mead don't use "self" that way)

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    4. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 5 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @evantthompson @keithfrankish and

      And I think attempts to validate Buddhist no-self theories using cognitive science are confused, because the former are inherently normative

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    5. Keith Frankish‏ @keithfrankish 5 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @evantthompson @ericlinuskaplan @bsod_nams

      Interesting! Must read up on this -- starting with your book.

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    6. 𖤐 🔥Bryce 🔥𖤐‏ @NeuroYogacara 6 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @keithfrankish @evantthompson and

      The one thing that I would say is that *so is science*! The normativity doesn’t go away just because it fades into the background. Prediction and explanation are things we currently value, but they don’t track fundamental joints in nature! #DrankTheKoolaid

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    7. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 6 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @NeuroYogacara @keithfrankish and

      I agree about that, of course, but the kind of normativity is different; it's not soteriological in the relevant sense.

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    8. 𖤐 🔥Bryce 🔥𖤐‏ @NeuroYogacara 6 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @evantthompson @keithfrankish and

      I agree on that too! But the question is whether psychology and neuroscience *should* proceed without sensitivity to soteriological considerations. That's where the arguments get pretty murky...

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    9. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 6 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @NeuroYogacara @keithfrankish and

      Being sensitive to them is one thing, adhering/following one or another soteriological norm is another thing. And let's remember: there's no agreement about such norms even within Buddhism (as I argue in my book)

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    10. 𖤐 🔥Bryce 🔥𖤐‏ @NeuroYogacara 6 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @evantthompson @keithfrankish and

      Definitely, and it seems to me that we need our own “soteriological” norms, such as individual and collective liberation, and the minimizing of global suffering!

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      Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 6 Dec 2019
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      Replying to @NeuroYogacara @keithfrankish and

      Minimizing global suffering definitely; individual and collective liberation is trickier, given likely irreconcilable differences about what "liberation" means

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        2. ericlinuskaplan‏ @ericlinuskaplan 6 Dec 2019
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          Replying to @evantthompson @keithfrankish @bsod_nams

          this argument is a bit like whether making beauty should be a goal of medicine. Lots of medical schools teach classes in cosmetic surgery. If you can get a psychology institute to teach a class on how to help your clients achieve nirvana, why not?

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        3. 𖤐 🔥Bryce 🔥𖤐‏ @NeuroYogacara 6 Dec 2019
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          Replying to @ericlinuskaplan @evantthompson and

          I think the issue is slightly different. Why should prediction & control be the core values of psychology? They are important. But maybe understanding of how distress is produced and shaped in humans (something lots of scientists explore) could be more central to psych/neuro...

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