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Evan Thompson
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Writer, UBC Philosophy, Assoc Member Asian Studies & Psych Depts. Married to @beckettodd
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Evan Thompson
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It can be used that way, of course. But then why not just say "qualities"? "Qualia" contains sedimented assumptions -- qualities are intrinsic (nonrelational), directly revealed subjectively as what they are, etc -- that are heavily theoretical (not theory-neutral data)
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I'm not an illusionist because I don't think cognitive access is all there is to consciousness (sentience), but I also think that the notion of qualia is a theoretical term that distorts/reifies experience -- this all comes more-or-less from Phenomenology (esp Merleau-Ponty)
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Well, in the technical sense in which philosophers use the term, I'm not sure there are any. But in everyday speech, shine a bright light up close and right into your eye and you will suffer from a visual sensation
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But I also think this isn't something science "tells us." It requires philosophy to say it. Science gives us models with various vocabularies (and lots of colour ones); the larger understanding comes from philosophy
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Evan Thompson
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I think colours are ineliminably experiential (so I'm not an objectivist) but I also think they aren't sensational properties (qualia), so I'm not a subjectivist. I think they're relational and ecological properties (hence the Merleau-Ponty quote)
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Evan Thompson
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I think much of what I say is compatible with Goethe's theory of colour (and I mention him at various points along the way)
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Evan Thompson
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I'm kinda partial to my own view... ;) kobo.com/us/en/ebook/co…
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Evan Thompson
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2/2 "Colour is the place where our brain and the universe meet." Merleau-Ponty, attributing it to Cézanne
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Evan Thompson
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1/2 I don't think science says either that colours aren't in the world or that they're in our mind.
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Protestants generally think faith is based on a personal encounter with God, not on blind belief in doctrines. So, part of the issue here is emic (inside the religion) versus etic (looking at it from the outside) descriptions
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Evan Thompson
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Sure, but lots of religions mark that distinction. Nothing special about Buddhism there
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Tricycle Magazine
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“In Buddhist exceptionalism, we see statements like, ‘Buddhism isn’t a faith-based religion.’ . . . [But] trust or confidence in the Buddha is a matter of faith.” ––@evantthompson tricy.cl/2GwY8dW
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Evan Thompson
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It looks bigger in the photo than it is. Just a regular size Swatch with the Pleiades constellation on its face (a gift from me da
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David King
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“Why Buddhism is True”, turns out to mean “why some core ideas, and takeaways from modern, American, naturalistic Buddhist thought can be made consistent with Evolutionary Psychology” ( Evan Thompson ‘Why I am not a Buddhist’ p. 62) pic.twitter.com/B7SvnsO1JG
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Lion's Roar
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Scholar Evan Thompson talks to Sam Littlefair about his new book "Why I Am Not a Buddhist," his criticisms of modern Buddhism, and his hopes for a more cosmpolitan Buddhism. buff.ly/2GJ44ka
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Tricycle Magazine
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In this episode of Tricycle Talks, scholar Evan Thompson discusses his new book—provocatively titled Why I’m Not a Buddhist—arguing that Buddhism and science are not uniquely compatible, despite what many have claimed. tricy.cl/2GwY8dW
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Evan Thompson
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Happy Feast of St. Brigid, who, among her many miracles, is said to have turned water into beer.
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Evan Thompson
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It's from Vasubandhu's Trisvabhāvanirdeśa, though I don't know whether it appears in earlier texts (and it's debated, I believe, whether that text was actually authored by Vasubandhu)
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Beloved public intellectual William James
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@evantthompson mentions me in this interview, and also says some other wise things about science, religion, and the self; I should probably buy and also read his book
lionsroar.com/evan-thompson-…
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Evan Thompson
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Why Evan Thompson Isn't a Buddhist lionsroar.com/evan-thompson-…
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