tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292960509733202658.post6344550411548841807..comments2024-01-27T11:15:31.605-08:00Comments on Rational Buddhism: Metamemeseanrobsvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01135048988031819619noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292960509733202658.post-28712402052174520062012-02-27T11:09:24.976-08:002012-02-27T11:09:24.976-08:00so much gibberish I think maybeso much gibberish I think maybeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292960509733202658.post-33119663207232080662012-01-19T03:26:43.307-08:002012-01-19T03:26:43.307-08:00@ Shiela
Good question. Buddhist philosophy is p...@ Shiela<br /><br />Good question. Buddhist philosophy is phenomenological, meaning that it gives primacy to appearances to the mind, rather than seeking some totally objective world of physical things 'out there'. As with quantum physics, the observer is part of the system. (See http://rational-buddhism.blogspot.com/2011/05/rational-buddhism.html )<br /><br />'Reincarnation' (technically rebirth) is viewed as the appearance of a series of dreams to the unawakened mind, see http://seanrobsville.blogspot.com/2009/11/collective-karma.htmlseanrobsvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135048988031819619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292960509733202658.post-78124759060689886802012-01-19T02:01:58.120-08:002012-01-19T02:01:58.120-08:00There's a lot I like about this post, and abou...There's a lot I like about this post, and about Bhuddism, but are you seriously saying that reincarnation is "based on rationality, testability, evidential support, precision, consistency, intersubjectivity, repeatability, universality, progressiveness, independence of cultural milieu, and so on."?<br /><br />But yes, if people understood memes, they might be harder to fool.Sheila, Canary Islandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10219032831132156995noreply@blogger.com