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concept:self-as-imputation

Self as imputation

Buddhist idea that a person is a conceptual designation rather than a substantial entity.

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  • No-self (anātman)
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    Buddhist doctrine that there is no permanent, independent self; only a stream of aggregates.

Related by similarity (8)

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Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

  • Selfingconcept0.812
    Process of reifying one's identity as an independent self; meditation practices aim to decrease selfing.
  • the selfconcept0.804
    The interior awareness, consciousness, and felt identity that each person experiences; absent from mechanistic cosmology.
  • Self As Illusionconcept0.804
    Core Buddhist and philosophical concept: self is constructed, impermanent, and distributable rather than singular and enduring.
  • A person an imputation rather than a substantial and enduring individualconcept0.802
  • the self (or 'I')concept0.798
    An eternal, impersonal yet intensely personal core within each person, also called the Void, the ground, or the great Self; the core of every living center.
  • Self As Processconcept0.788
  • Self As Self Telling Storyconcept0.781
  • Selfless Selfconcept0.781
    Model of agency in which self is constituted by dynamical patterns of care and goal-pursuit rather than permanent substance or essence.