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Author Wallace, B. Alan.

Title Choosing reality : a Buddhist view of physics and the mind / B. Alan Wallace
Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications, [1996]
©1996

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Description 232 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Worlds Apart -- Ch. 2. Exploring the Nature of Empty Space -- Ch. 3. The Conception and Preservation of Energy -- Ch. 4. Views of Science and Reality through History -- Ch. 5. Scientific Realism Today -- Ch. 6. Assumptions of Scientific Realism -- Ch. 7. Theory and Discovery in Physical Science -- Ch. 8. The Hypothetical Realities of Physics -- Ch. 9. Quantum Reality -- Ch. 10. Uncertainty in the Quantum World -- Ch. 11. Scientific Realism in Review -- Ch. 12. Mathematical Realism -- Ch. 13. Instrumentalism -- Ch. 14. Seeking a Middle Way -- Ch. 15. Cosmology and a Participatory Universe -- Ch. 16. Concept and Experience -- Ch. 17. A Centrist View of Physical Science -- Ch. 18. A Centrist View of Contemplative Science -- Ch. 19. Experiencing a Centrist View -- Ch. 20. Realizing Personal Identitylessness -- Ch. 21. A Contemplative View of the Body -- Ch. 22. Subjective Experience and Objective Science -- Ch. 23. A Contemplative View of the Mind -- Ch. 24. Refining Human Consciousness -- Ch. 25. Worlds in Harmony
Summary "B. Alan Wallace points out the many assumptions required to adopt the realist view, and the nihilism implicit in the instrumentalist position. He then proposes a radical philosophical alternative based upon the Buddhist Centrist view. Avoiding the pitfalls of both realism and instrumentalism, as well as materialism and idealism, this perspective focuses on the participatory nature of scientific observation and theorizing. All phenomena are seen as dependently related events lending themselves to multiple interpretations, providing us with the freedom and responsibility to choose our reality within the context of valid experience. The concluding chaptors of this provocative work explore the implications of this view for understanding the nature of the mind and its relation to the body."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-227) and index
Subject Buddhism -- Religion and science
Buddhism -- Philosophy.
Buddhism -- Reality-Religious aspects
Physics -- Philosophy.
Physics -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Reality.
Religion and science.
Science -- Philosophy.
LC no. 96006934
ISBN 1559390638