[Buddha-l] Re: Emptiness

[Richard Hayes]

On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 13:01 -0400, curt wrote:

> I think this is the fundamental reason why western 
> scientism has to be rejected as a valid "take" on Buddhism: because it 
> insists on a crude and unexamined reductionism 

Again, I would invite you to ask whether physicalism is any more an
instance of "crude and unexamined reductionism" than standard Buddhist
attempts to eliminate aatman from polite discourse. Is, in your view,
ALL reductionism crude and unexamined? Is physicalist reductionism any
more crude and unexamined than Yogacara reductionism?

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico