[Buddha-l] Hindu Fundamentalism

[Leigh Goldstein (d)]

RH:
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> ST: Cognitive scientists would see these stages in development as a 
> natural hierarchy in human development.

Please cite some references to cognitive psychologists who recognize
rational thought as higher than mythic thinking and who regard meditative
states as higher than rational thought.

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I believe Piaget had a theory based on study of children with stages of
types of thinking. I think he identified some types of thinking in children
with magical or even mythic thinking, and later stages he identified as more
correct, useful and advanced with rational thinking.

I believe Abraham Mazlow created a pyramid of stages of personality, with
self-actualized at the top of a pyramid, strongly implying a hiearchy. His
peak experiences have many similarities to descriptions of meditative
experiences.

Someone with more training in psychology would know more about this.

-Leigh