作者：RobertWright
出版社：Simon&Schuster
副标题：TheScienceandPhilosophyofMeditationandEnlightenment
出版年：2017-8-8
页数：336
定价：USD27.00
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9781439195451
内容简介
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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment is a 2017 book by journalist and evolutionary psychologist Robert Wright. As of August 2017, the book had peaked at The New York Times No. 4 bestseller in hardcover nonfiction.
In Why Buddhism is True, Wright advocates a secular, Westernized form of Buddhism focusing on the practice of mindfulness meditation and stripped of supernatural beliefs such as reincarnation. He further argues that more widespread practice of meditation could lead to a more reflective and empathetic population and reduce political tribalism. In line with his background, Wright draws heavily on evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology to defend the correctness of Buddhism's diagnosis of the causes of human suffering. He argues the modern psychological idea of the modularity of mind resonates with the Buddhist teaching of no-self (anatman).
作者简介
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Robert Wright is an American journalist who writes about science, history and religion, including The Evolution of God, Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, Why Buddhism is True, and Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Bloggingheads.tv.
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Non fiction都是一个套路
在Coursera的“佛教与现代心理学”上知道这个作者，结合进化心理学讨论佛法这个路子非常对胃。其实在接触作者作品以前我就构想过提线木偶的比喻，现在那个string和puppeteer的真面目越发清晰了。
用进化论和脑科学阐释“无我”和“空”，佛教美国化不是走科学路径，就是使用基督教框架，和汉化佛教大异其趣（融合儒道，舍弃汉人不感兴趣的逻辑思辨）。这本书还有个有趣的点是，认为这个世界刚好是伦理问题的最终解决可以通过形而上学问题的最终解决来解决的这样一个世界（但其他可能的世界未必如此），不过这个作者太啰嗦了！
"When we live without awareness, numb to small delights, we may more easily fall into addictive behavior, as we need increased levels of stimulating sensations, either pleasant or painful, in order to…
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