e. Rationality
Archetypes in Religion and Beyond - A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration - Robert M. Ellis
Robert M. Ellis [+ ]
Middle Way Society
Robert M. Ellis is author of a range of interdisciplinary books on Middle Way Philosophy, both within and beyond Buddhism. These have included The Buddha’s Middle Way: Experiential Judgement in His Life and Teaching (Equinox Publishing, 2019) and Archetypes in Religion and Beyond: A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration (Equinox Publishing, 2022). He is also founder of the Middle Way Society and of Tirylan House Retreat Centre in Wales.
Description
Rationality, reason and logic, understood as archetypal concepts, inspire us towards increasing consistency of belief linked to embodied confidence. However, these concepts are constantly projected in the rationalist assumption that logical models applied to propositions somehow enable us to represent the world.