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- Title
THE PROBLEM OF THE UNITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: A BUDDHIST SOLUTION.
- Authors
Chadha, Monima
- Abstract
Presented here is the Yogācāra account of unity of consciousness, showing how it relates to contemporary philosophical accounts. Section 1 briefly charts the relevant Abhidharma background and the reasons that led the Yogacara to the postulation of ālaya-vijñāna. Section 2 explains the contemporary formulation of the "unity of consciousness" problem and its significance in the search for neural correlates of consciousness. Section 3 shows that the Yogācāra notion of basic consciousness and neuroscientific research on Open Monitoring meditation offer useful insights for establishing a coherent philosophical account of unity of consciousness.
- Subjects
CONSCIOUSNESS; ABHIDHARMA; BUDDHIST philosophy; NEUROSCIENCES; MIND &; body
- Publication
Philosophy East & West: A Quarterly of Comparative Philosophy, 2015, Vol 65, Issue 4, p746
- ISSN
0031-8221
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/pew.2015.0066