William Waldron

Professor Professor of Religion

Middlebury College

Affiliations

Axinn Center for the Humanities

Religion

Middlebury College

Department of Neuroscience

William Waldron is currently serving as an Axinn Center For The Humanities Professor Professor of Religion at Middlebury College.

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William Waldron

Middlebury College

Professor Professor of Religion

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Indian Thought and Social Science on the Travails of Self-Identity. (2022)

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Text and Context in Religious Studies and YogāCāRa Cognitive Theory: Discovering Theory “in the Wild”. Numen (2014)

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Brain Science and Kokoro: Asian Perspectives on Science and Religion. Nagoya: Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture (2011)

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The Inception of YogāCāRa‐VijñāNavāDa – by Hartmut Buescher. Religious Studies Review (2010)

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An End-Run ‘Round Entities: Using Scientific Analogies for Teaching Buddhist Concepts. Eastern Buddhist (2002)

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The Dependent Arising of a Cognitive Unconscious in Buddhism and Science. Contemporary Buddhism (2002)

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Beyond Nature/Nurture: Buddhism and Biology on Interdependence. Contemporary Buddhism (2000)

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