Talks on Modern Science and Buddhism by Prof. Michel Bitbol

Prof. Michel Bitbol (M.D, Ph.D) will give a series of talks on Modern Science and Buddhism for three days, 6th-8th Jan, 2020 at the conference hall of Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala.

Schedule of the talks:

Day Time Topic
6 January 2020 10:00-12:00 What is science? Discovering and confirming
14:00-16:00 What is the “law of nature”?
7 January 2020 10:00-12:00 Western philosophers who approached scientific knowledge in a spirit that is congenial to Buddhism:
-Introduction to Kant’s theory of knowledge and ethics (A Western criticism of the excess of conceptual superimpositions)
14:00-16:00 Introduction to Husserl’s phenomenology (A Western analytical meditation)
8 January 2020 10:00-12:00 Talks on the relations between Modern Science and Buddhism
-Buddhism and science: Similarities and differences
14:00-16:00 Quantum physics: A Madhyamaka analysis

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