Description:
This book explores how the Middle Way can help us find the best practical response to our biases: neither believing our biased judgements uncritically, nor reacting against them to dismiss all judgement.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes:
"This is an important, original work, that should get the widest possible hearing."
Dr Iain McGilchrist, author of The Master and his Emissary, fellow of All Soul's College, Oxford and a former psychiatrist
"In an age of overwhelming disinformation, this book is deeply necessary. As intelligent as it is inspiring, Bias and the Middle Way is a how to guide for holding onto your mind."
Andy West, author of The Life Inside show less