BS 202 Is Meditation Mind Science? with Evan Thompson

<p>The idea that meditation is a "mind science" is popular, but in this interview Canadian philosopher Evan Thompson argues that this claim does not stand up to either scientific or philosophical scrutiny. As one of the pioneers of the Embodied Cognition movement Thompson reminds us that the Mind is not restricted to the Brain and we must also consider how other recent discoveries in neuroscience fail to support the claim that meditation provides neutral scientific insight into how the Mind really works.</p> <p><strong>Links and References:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Evan Thompson's <a href="https://evanthompson.me" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">website</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3Oj0f7g" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>Why I am not a Buddhist</em></a> by Evan Thompson</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3Oj0f7g" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers</em></a> by Kwame Anthony Appiah</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3N7Vwmr" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience</em></a> by Francisco J. Varela, Evan T. Thompson, Eleanor Rosch</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3i4FfTm" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind</em></a> by Evan Thompson <ul> <li>discussed in <a href= "https://brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/2022/198-thomspon-encore" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BS 198</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/2GKIOum" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy</em></a> by Evan Thompson <ul> <li>discussed in <a href= "http://www.brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/2015/bsp-115" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">BS 115</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Please visit <a href= "http://brainsciencepodcast.com/">http://brainsciencepodcast.com</a> for additional references and episode transcripts.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <div><strong>Please Visit Our Sponsors:</strong></div> <ul> <li><a hre