[Buddha-l] Query about Francisco Varela

[jkirk]

Please post a title for these collaborators.
(Is this the one you refer to: F.Varela, E. Thompson and E. Rosch, 
(eds. )The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience)
or are there more readable or useful titles by these 2?

Thanks,
JK
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> He's not an easy read, especially if you are not up on psychological 
> jargon.
> It's worth the effort, though. He and his collaborator Eleanor Rosch
> attempted to bring together cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind and
> Buddhist meditative theory and practice. The result could be seen as the
> beginnings of a replacement of a lot of seriously outdated abhidharma. It 
> is,
> when one thinks about it, a bit silly for modern Buddhist practitioners to 
> be
> studying texts based on a fourth century knowledge of geography, 
> physiology
> and psychology.  Varela and Rosch bring us up to speed in psychology and
> physiology.
>
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> University of New Mexico
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