Lewis Lancaster on Buddhist philosophy, perception and cognitive neuroscience

This is a clip from Lewis Lancaster's Burke Lecture: Buddhism in the Global Age of Technology (April, 2008, UCSD). The entire lecture is available online via UCSD-TV, Youtube, and other sources. I use this clip in various settings, including my (David Peterzell) course on Sensation and Perception at UCSD, and in presentations on Integrative Psychology. Lancaster (UC Berkeley emeritus) does a remarkable job of synthesizing Buddhist philosophy of perception and relating it to cognitive neuroscience. I believe that this type of material belongs in textbooks on perception, alongside Democritus, Socrates (and Plato), Descartes, Gustav Fechner, Matrix philosopy, and more.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• sensation
• perception
• buddhism
• buddhist philosophy
• cognition
• cognitive neuroscience

[mettacintena]

Wonderful lecture!

[Pianoantics]

and guess what they found when they hooked up the meditators, that they were in essence dead. lol

[plassma]

@Rapsta: Lancaster is not a scientist, he is a Buddhologist. What he is talking about is a sort of projection of modern scientific findngs onto Abhidharma theory. The basic philosophy he presents is all present in the Abhidharma, he is just framing it in terms of neurons, etc.

[retster]

"He could turn off his brain and the pain sensors in his brain." (7:31)

Buddhism is about breaking free from conditioned responses. Fire still burns.

This is a very "brain is all" heavy lecture.

[rapsta86]

no. i disagree with this scientist. I do not think Buddhism teaches what Mr. Lancaster claims to be teaching

[cha1tman]

i want to know what the results of those tests were

[DreamsofMajesty]

scribd (dot) com/nb812

[qaplatlhinganmaH]

watch youtube video:

TEDxBlue - Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. - 10/18/09

[RanjanLekhy]

It is really a great lecture!

[qaplatlhinganmaH]

check out youtube vid

Dan Siegel Google Talk