Choosing Reality: A Contemplative View of Physics and the Mind - Softcover

Wallace, B. Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877734690 ISBN 13: 9780877734697

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc, 1989

Synopsis

Compares theories about the nature of objective reality, and describes the views of Buddhism on the ideas of mind, body, and reincarnation

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Review

"A reflective philosophical analysis based on sound knowledge of physics and Buddhist thought."--Choice magazine

"Choosing Reality shares the podium with The Tao of Physics and The Dancing Wu Li Masters and wears the gold medal. It is a triumphant commentary on the relationship between physics and mind, science, and religion."--John Tigue, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Daemen College "B. Alan Wallace's proposed solution, using Buddhist understandings, to the philosophical dilemma of whether the world should be understood from a 'realist' or an 'instrumentalist' point of view. The former sees our scientific models of the world as independently real, the latter as only summaries of experience."--Science & Theology News

About the Author

B. Alan Wallace has authored, translated, edited, and contributed to more than forty books on Tibetan Buddhism, science, and culture. With fourteen years as a Buddhist monk, he earned a BA in physics and the philosophy of science and then a PhD in religious studies. After teaching in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he founded the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies to explore the integration of scientific approaches and contemplative methods.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877734690
• ISBN 13: 9780877734697
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216