John Spackman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1180462 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Spackman |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Spackman |
| SIGNATURE | SPACKMAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middlebury College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Two Notions of Non-Conceptuality in Buddhist Meditative Practice
This article examines two accounts of how Buddhist meditative practice has been seen as cultivating non-conceptual mental states. The first, exemplified in recent work by Evan Thompson, drawing on Dharmakīrti, views the representational contents of certain meditative states as non-conceptual. The second, found in Yogācāra texts like the Mahāyānasaṃgraha , suggests that meditation cultivates a type of awareness that is non-conceptual ( nirvikalpaj…
Two Notions of Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Meditative Practice
This paper examines two accounts of how Buddhist meditative practice has been seen as cultivating nonconceptual mental states. The first, exemplified in recent work by Evan Thompson, drawing on Dharmakīrti, views the representational contents of certain meditative states as nonconceptual. The second, found in Yogācāra texts like the Mahāyānasaṃgraha, suggests that meditation cultivates a type of awareness that is nonconceptual (nirvikalpajñāna). …
Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness
Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness
Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness brings Buddhist voices to the study of consciousness. This book explores a variety of different Buddhist approaches to consciousness that developed out of the Buddhist theory of non-self. Topics taken up in these investigations include: how we are able to cognize our own cognitions; whether all conscious states involve conceptualization; whether distinct forms of cognition can operate simultaneously in a singl…
Consciousness and the Prospects for Substance Dualism
There has in recent years been a significant surge of interest in non-materialist accounts of the mind. Property dualists hold that all substances (concrete particulars that persist over time) are material, but mental properties are distinct from physical properties. Substance dualists maintain that the mind or person is a non-material substance. This article considers the prospects for substance dualism given the current state of the debate. The…
Contemporary Philosophy of Mind and Buddhist Thought
Recent years have seen a growing interest in Buddhist thought as a potential source of alternative conceptions of the nature of the mind and the relation between the mental and the physical. This article considers and assesses three different models of what contemporary philosophy of mind can learn from Buddhist thought. One model, advocated by Alan Wallace, holds that we can learn from Buddhist meditation that both individual consciousness and t…
Contemporary Philosophy of Mind and Buddhist Thought
Recent years have seen a growing interest in Buddhist thought as a potential source of alternative conceptions of the nature of the mind and the relation between the mental and the physical. This article considers and assesses three different models of what contemporary philosophy of mind can learn from Buddhist thought. One model, advocated by Alan Wallace, holds that we can learn from Buddhist meditation that both individual consciousness and t…
Contemporary Philosophy of Mind and Buddhist Thought
Recent years have seen a growing interest in Buddhist thought as a potential source of alternative conceptions of the nature of the mind and the relation between the mental and the physical. This article considers and assesses three different models of what contemporary philosophy of mind can learn from Buddhist thought. One model, advocated by Alan Wallace, holds that we can learn from Buddhist meditation that both individual consciousness and t…
Consciousness and the Prospects for Substance Dualism
There has in recent years been a significant surge of interest in non-materialist accounts of the mind. Property dualists hold that all substances (concrete particulars that persist over time) are material, but mental properties are distinct from physical properties. Substance dualists maintain that the mind or person is a non-material substance. This article considers the prospects for substance dualism given the current state of the debate. The…
Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness
Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness brings Buddhist voices to the study of consciousness. This book explores a variety of different Buddhist approaches to consciousness that developed out of the Buddhist theory of non-self. Topics taken up in these investigations include: how we are able to cognize our own cognitions; whether all conscious states involve conceptualization; whether distinct forms of cognition can operate simultaneously in a singl…
Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness
Two Notions of Non-Conceptuality in Buddhist Meditative Practice
This article examines two accounts of how Buddhist meditative practice has been seen as cultivating non-conceptual mental states. The first, exemplified in recent work by Evan Thompson, drawing on Dharmakīrti, views the representational contents of certain meditative states as non-conceptual. The second, found in Yogācāra texts like the Mahāyānasaṃgraha , suggests that meditation cultivates a type of awareness that is non-conceptual ( nirvikalpaj…
Two Notions of Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Meditative Practice
This paper examines two accounts of how Buddhist meditative practice has been seen as cultivating nonconceptual mental states. The first, exemplified in recent work by Evan Thompson, drawing on Dharmakīrti, views the representational contents of certain meditative states as nonconceptual. The second, found in Yogācāra texts like the Mahāyānasaṃgraha, suggests that meditation cultivates a type of awareness that is nonconceptual (nirvikalpajñāna). …
Buddhism (5 works) · Consciousness (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (3 works) · Meditation (3 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Buddhist philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)