43. IBP: Dr Mikel Burley on Reincarnation, Rebirth & Wittgenstein - a podcast by The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

Does western philosophy lack imagination when thinking about rebirth and reincarnation? What would Wittgenstein say?

This episode features Dr Mickel Burley, a philosopher of religion from Leeds university in the UK. He wrote a fascinating book called Rebirth and the Stream of Life, which inspired me to have him on. He’s a big fan of Ludwig Wittgenstein too and we get to talking about a man who is widely considered the greatest philosopher of the 20th century as well as his thought and its uses for thinking about spirituality, Buddhism, rebirth and more. We also bridge the episode to our earlier discussion of karma and rebirth with Jayarava.

Mick has also written on cannibalism, animal sacrifice, Hatha-Yoga, and the lack of imagination in philosophy surrounding rebirth and reincarnation. We manage to discuss philosophy East & West too.

Many of Mick’s article are freely available and curiously titled so check out his university page for further links;

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/30/dr-mikel-burley

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