Why I Am Not a Buddhist (Robert Wright & Evan Thompson)

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🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Evan's new book, Why I Am Not a Buddhist ... Evan's critique of "Buddhist modernism" and "Buddhist exceptionalism" ... Which of Buddhism’s major claims are naturalistic? ... Is Buddhism fundamentally different than other religions? ... Bob defends Buddhist insights into human psychology ... Evan's case against "neural Buddhism" ... Does a clearer view of reality make you more equanimous? ... All about nirvana ... Debating evolutionary psychology ... Evan: This book is friendly criticism ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast from Meaning of Life TV.
0:08.5	Hi, this is Robert Wright. One thing I like about the conversations I have here on The Right show is that they help me think and write.
0:17.8	They've informed the books and many of the articles I've written over the past 15 years.
0:23.0	Now, lately, most of my writing has been for my newsletter, the non-zero newsletter. It covers
0:28.2	the kinds of topics you see on the show, politics, foreign policy, psychology, philosophy, spirituality,
0:35.3	how to avoid the apocalypse, things like that.
0:38.7	So if you enjoy the right show, chances are pretty good that you'll enjoy the newsletter.
0:43.6	It's free, and all you have to do to get it is go to non-zero.org and sign up.
0:50.5	So I suggest that you hit pause, go sign up, and then hit play. Thanks.
0:57.7	Hi, Evan.
1:00.0	Hi, Bob. Thanks for inviting me.
1:02.3	Thanks for being here. Let me introduce us. I'm Robert Wright. This is The Right show available
1:06.7	on both streaming video and via audio podcast. You're Evan Thompson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia.
1:14.3	This is my second conversation with you on this platform.
1:18.2	We discussed a really fascinating book you wrote called Waking Dreaming Being some time ago.
1:24.1	People can find that by Googling it. You're also the co-author of a well-known book called
1:29.9	The Embodied Mind, along with Francisco Varela and Eleanor Rush, and that may come up in
1:36.7	the course of this conversation. Now, which is going to be about your new book,
1:45.9	Why I Am Not a Buddhist.
1:47.5	That's what it looks like.
1:50.0	Published by Yale University Press.
1:51.6	Very interesting book.
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