Beyond the Self: Conversations Between Buddhism and Neuroscience

Ricard, Matthieu; Singer, Wolf

ISBN 10: 0262536145 / ISBN 13: 9780262536141

Published by MIT Press, 2018

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Synopsis:

Converging and diverging views on the mind, the self, consciousness, the unconscious, free will, perception, meditation, and other topics.

About the Author: Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk, trained as a molecular biologist before moving to Nepal to study Buddhism. He is the author of The Monk and the Philosopher (with his father, Jean-Francois Revel);The Quantum and the Lotus (with Trinh Thuan); Happiness; The Art of Meditation; Altruism: The Power of Compassion;A Plea for the Animals; and Beyond the Self: Conversations between Buddhism and Neuroscience (with Wolf Singer).He has published several books of photography, including Motionless Journey and Tibet: An Inner Journey, and is the French interpreter for the Dalai Lama. Wolf Singer is Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and Founding Director of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies and the Ernst Strungmann Institute for Neuroscience in cooperation with the Max Planck Society, where he is also Senior Research Fellow. He is the coauthor of Beyond the Self: Conversations between Buddhism and Neuroscience (MIT Press).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Beyond the Self: Conversations Between ...
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
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