UA Downtown Lecture Series – ‘The Elusive Self in Life and Death’
When: Wed., Nov. 11, 6:30-8 p.m. 2015
Shaun Nichols, professor in Philosophy, spent months in India exploring attitudes toward death among Hindus & Tibetan Buddhists. Because Buddhists believe there is no enduring self throughout biological life, they should be less afraid of death. But are they? Nichols' findings may surprise.