A new addition to the ‘Mistakes we make in thinking’ series of videos.
Category Archives: Philosophy
The MWS Podcast 77: Christopher Beckwith on his book Greek Buddha
The historian Christopher Beckwith discusses his latest book Greek Buddha with the chair of the society Robert M Ellis. The book attempts to show how show how Early Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian scepticism in ancient Greece. In Robert’s recent review of the book he talks about Christopher turning Buddhism on its head using rigorous historical scholarship, arguing that the Buddha taught the Middle Way, not the other elements that have become associated with Buddhism such as the 4 Noble Truths, karma or nirvana etc.
MWS Podcast 77: Christopher Beckwith as audio only:
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If you’d like to listen to the full unedited version of the talk , you can do so here:
MWS Podcast 77: Christopher Beckwith full version as audio only:
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Appeals to Authority
A new video, the second of a series that attempts to clearly explain an area of cognitive error and how we can work to avoid it. A resource for objectivity training!
New edition of ‘Middle Way Philosophy 1’
The first volume of my detailed 4- volume account of
Middle Way Philosophy – ‘Middle Way Philosophy 1: The Path of Objectivity’ – is now available in its second edition, revised and updated. This update has allowed me to make it fully consistent with the rest of the series, and it also includes a few additional arguments and responses. It also now includes a foreword by Iain McGilchrist, author of ‘The Master and his Emissary’ and patron of the society.
See this link for the page about the book on this site, or click the icon to go straight to a page where you can buy the book.
Coming soon, too, will be an Omnibus edition – all four volumes of the series in one convenient book.
Value judgements
Another new talk edited from the 2014 retreat. This time it’s about how we can make better value judgements. There are lots of possible approaches (e.g. God, utilitarianism), but it’s argued that we need to avoid using any one of them absolutely or exclusively.