Embracing mind : the common ground of science and spirituality / B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, B. Alan.

Contributor:

Hodel, Brian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

xix, 252 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Shambhala ; [New York] : Distributed in the United States by Random House, 2008.

Contents:

Part 1 What's Wrong with This Picture? 1

1 A Shotgun Wedding-The Marriage of Science and Christianity 3

2 When You Least Expect It-Materialism Undermined 27

3 When Believing Is Seeing-How Belief Influences Perception 53

4 The Mind behind the Eyepiece-Limits on Scientific Objectivity 71

5 Masquerade-Scientific Materialism Poses as Science 86

Part 2 Consciousness-Completing the Picture 109

6 Coming Full Circle-And Meeting the East 111

7 Deciding What's True-Objectivity and Empiricism in Contemplation 130

8 Illuminating the Black Boxes of Mind and Matter 148

9 Science and Contemplation-Probing the Mind Together 164

10 A Science of Consciousness? One Provocative Example from the Buddhist Tradition 180

Part 3 Tools and Technologies of a Buddhist Science of Contemplation 203

11 Shamatha-Meditative Quiescence 205

12 Vipashyana-Insight Meditation 213

13 The Great Perfection 219

14 "Complementary" Practices 222.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-245) and index.

ISBN:

9781590304822

1590304829

OCLC:

154705238

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