主讲人：John D. Dunne, 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校杰出教授
摘要：
Agency and Experience 印证研讨会主题演讲。
从印度的法称（Dharmakīrti）哲学一直到当代藏传佛教的Chag-Dzog传统，可以讲述一段关于观修与哲学的历史。这段历史从法称的思想延续到当代大手印（Mahāmudrā）和大圆满（Dzogchen）的非二元理论与修持实践。这种叙述始于对经验的认识论优先性（epistemic primacy）的强调，以及一种对于意识形而上学的问题化探索，这种探索主要围绕着“自反意识”（reflexive awareness, 也称“自证分”）的作用展开，而这种自反意识被理解为心识的“空性光明”（empty luminosity）。在印度学派的语境中，法称学派方法的终点应达至一种纯粹觉知（pure awareness），在这种状态下，认识论和形而上学的问题都在止息（cessation）的体验中得到解决。然而，在藏传佛教语境中，这种结果却被认为是不可取的，以至于止息体验被视为通往觉醒道路上的灾难性偏离。为了简化这一复杂的叙事脉络，本讲座将探讨为什么藏传Chag-Dzog传统会如此排斥”空白意识”（blank mind）状态，以及这对我们理解经验的优先性、意识的本质以及佛陀觉醒状态下的能动性（agency）等问题所揭示的意义。
主讲人：
John D. Dunne (PhD 1999, Harvard University) serves on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he holds the Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Humanities at the Center for Healthy Minds. He is also distinguished professor in the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, where he has served as department Chair. His work focuses on Buddhist philosophy and contemplative practice, especially in dialog with Cognitive Science and Psychology. His publications appear in venues ranging across both the Humanities and the Sciences, and they include works on Buddhist philosophy, contemplative practices and their empirical examination and interpretation within scientific contexts. John Dunne speaks in both academic and public contexts, and he occasionally teaches for Buddhist communities, including the global Gomde network and Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe. In addition to his appointments in the Center for Healthy Minds and the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, he is a Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, where he has previously served on the Board of Directors, and he is an academic advisor to the Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu, Nepal.
与谈人：
Bronwyn Finnigan: Bronwyn Finnigan is an Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University and will serve as a Visiting Associate Professor in Philosophy at Princeton University during Spring 2025. Her work explores issues in the philosophy of mind, moral psychology, and ethics, in both mainstream and Indian Buddhist philosophical traditions. Supported by the Australian Research Council, her current research bridges Indian Buddhist philosophy and contemporary emotion research, examining the nature of fear, anxiety, and their cognitive and social regulation. She is also writing a book, Varieties of Buddhist Views on No-Self (under contract with Cambridge University Press). She is a member of the Cowherds collective that co-authored Moonshadows: Conventional Truth in Buddhist Philosophy (OUP 2011). Her early work raised issues about ethics and agency within Abhidharma and Madhyamaka Buddhist frameworks as well as for Aristotelian virtue ethics. Since joining the School of Philosophy at ANU and its Centre for Consciousness, her research has increasingly incorporated empirical perspectives on philosophy of mind, conscious experience, pragmatic rationality, and the nature, structure, and regulation of emotions.
Thomas Metzinger: Thomas Metzinger is a Professor Emeritus at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and a member of the German National Academy Leopoldina. He has worked mainly in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and applied ethics.
关于“印证佛学系列讲座”：印证佛学系列讲座于2021年9月启动，是由北京大学、牛津大学、剑桥大学、Inalco（法国国立东方语言与文明研究所）、普林斯顿大学、哈佛大学与英属 哥伦比亚大学等多所大学合作开展的。 该系列讲座是为了致敬慈济创始人证严上人及其导师印顺长老（1906–2005）而设立，旨在促进相关课题的佛学研究。
免费对公众开放。此讲座亦将以网路研讨会的形式进行直播。
