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"The Problem of Ownerless Consciousness"
Friday, 1st Dec 2023, 10.30-12.00: “The Problem of Ownerless Consciousness”
One reason classical Buddhist philosophers rejected physicalism is that it would mean that
consciousness is not strictly speaking real. A difficulty for those philosophers, though, is that
it is not clear what an ultimately real consciousness might be like if, as all Buddhists claim,
there is no such thing as a self or subject of consciousness. I examine this difficulty as a
possible source of support for a Buddhist physicalism
Date:
1 December 2023, 10:30
Venue:
Lady Margaret Hall Library, Norham Gardens OX2 6QA
Venue Details:
Old Library
Speakers:
Speaker to be announced
Organising department:
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Organiser:
Professor Jan Westerhoff
Part of:
Can there be Buddhist physicalism?
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Claire MacLeod
