Reviews for Man and Environmental Science

The average rating for Man and Environmental Science based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-07-28 00:00:00 George Wasilyeff from the library List of Contributors ix Preface xv Introduction: Buddhism and Science--Breaking Down the Barriers 1 (30) B. Alan Wallace Part 1 Historical Context 31 (56) Buddhism and Science: On the Nature of the Dialogue 35 (36) Jose Ignacio Cabezon Science As an Ally or a Rival Philosophy? Tibetan Buddhist Thinkers' Engagement with Modern Science 71 (16) Thupten Jinpa Part 2 Buddhism and the Cognitive Sciences 87 (194) Understanding and Transforming the Mind 91 (16) XIV Dalai Lama The Concepts ``Self,'' ``Person,'' and ``I'' in Western Psychology and in Buddhism 107 (38) David Galin Common Ground, Common Cause: Buddhism and Science on the Afflictions of Identity 145 (50) William S. Waldron Imagining: Embodiment, Phenomenology, and Transformation 195 (38) Francisco J. Varela Natalie Depraz Lucid Dreaming and the Yoga of the Dream State: A Psychophysiological Perspective 233 (28) Stephen Laberge On the Relevance of a Contemplative Science 261 (20) Matthieu Ricard Part 3 Buddhism and the Physical Sciences 281 (136) Emptiness and Quantum Theory 285 (20) William L. Ames Time and Impermanence in Middle Way Buddhism and Modern Physics 305 (20) Victor Mansfield A Cure for Metaphysical Illusions: Kant, Quantum Mechanics, and Madhyamaka 325 (40) Michel Bitbol Emptiness and Relativity 365 (22) David Ritz Finkelstein Encounters Between Buddhist and Quantum Epistemologies 387 (12) Anton Zeilinger Conclusion: Life As a Laboratory 399 (18) Piet Hut Appendix: A History of the Mind and Life Institute 417 (6) Index 423

Review # 2 was written on 2008-10-20 00:00:00 Elliott Garnes I read this for a class many years ago. I remember that some of the writings changed the way I thought about my christian faith. One in particular made me rethink the doctrine of the fallen nature of humanity in a much more extreme way (they were speaking in terms of attachment and comparing it with survival on a cellular level). Most of the book I have forgotten but I think there was some notions of a connection between physics and consciousness that I wouldn't agree with now (I would have to go back and double check).