Course Instructor

Nathan Fisher, Ph.D.

Dr. Fisher recently received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies and Cognitive Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In his dissertation, he built upon the work of Dr. Evan Thompson to propose a culturally-sensitive cognitive science framework for meditation-related difficulties. He is currently a research affiliate at the Clinical and Affective Neuroscience lab at Brown University and a member of the Care Team at Cheetah House.

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will be able to answer—how 'scientific' is Buddhism?

  • Participants will understand the self as an illusion from the perspective of philosophy and cognitive science

  • Participants will be able to describe how cognitive science helps make sense of meditation-related difficulties.

Course curriculum

    1. Week 1. Introduction - Lecture

    2. Week 1. Introduction - Quiz

    1. Week 2. Chapter 1: The Myth of Buddhist Exceptionalism - Lecture

    2. Week 2. Chapter 1: The Myth of Buddhist Exceptionalism - Quiz

    1. Week 2. Chapter 2: Is Buddhism True? - Lecture

    2. Week 2. Chapter 2: Is Buddhism True? - Quiz

    1. Week 3. Chapter 3: No Self? Not So Fast - Lecture

    2. Week 3. Chapter 3: No Self? Not So Fast - Quiz

    1. Week 4. Chapter 4: Mindfulness Mania - Lecture

    2. Week 4. Chapter 4: Mindfulness Mania - Quiz

    1. Week 5. Chapter 5: The Rhetoric of Enlightenment - Lecture

    2. Week 5. Chapter 5: The Rhetoric of Enlightenment - Quiz

About this course

  • $75.00
  • 4 hours of lecture
  • 9 learning assessments

Join Nathan on an in-depth journey through Thompson's essential text

Get started now, and proceed at your own pace

Purchase here