Questions tagged [western-philosophy]

I come from a background where my interpretation of the world naturally fall as into the reductive methods of its determination and have subsequently had an interest in mathematics and physics which are a pinnical of this reductive process and a…

What is the difference between modern atomic theory and the Buddhist atomic theory? Buddhism also employs certain technical terms such as Anu,Paramanu,Cunna,Kapala and so on at same time we can take following terms as counter part of Buddhist terms…

Hello Buddhists namaste! Would it be wrong of me to suppose the anatta means at least partly, the following two theses? No explanation of a conscious thought is complete: mind is not absolutely transparent to itself. Consciousness is only…