David Brooks's op-ed, "The Neural Buddhists," is premised on a variety of conceptual confusions that are worth trying to clear…
Let’s get clear about materialism
Buddhism
The aesthetics of neural Buddhism
The first three postings in this series remind us how complex the individual topics of cognitive science, Buddhism, and religious…
Medical materialism revisited
A century ago, in "Religion and Neurology," the opening chapter of The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James argued against…
The Buddha according to Brooks
On Sunday May 25, 2008 the New York Times published an article entitled “Superhighway to Bliss” about Jill Bolte Taylor,…
The cognitive revolution and the decline of monotheism
To appreciate the cultural impact of the “cognitive revolution” discussed by David Brooks in his New York Times op-ed column…