From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness: Towards a Cross-Cultural Cognitive Science

A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 585-597

  Davis, Jake H ^a,b   Thompson, Evan ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Barre Center for Buddhist Studies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Buddhist model; Cognitive science; Consciousness; Five aggregates; Meditation; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885527956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118324004.ch38     Document Type: Chapter

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