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Arguing from dependent origination to no-self is fallacious. A child is born of a mother but that does not mean the child does not exist. That we are embedded in a world and are beings who must respond to that world does not negate that we are still independent beings with a separate self. Buddhism trying to argue otherwise is like trying to argue that circles are not round. Absurd, fallacious, self-refuting. I addressed that here: https://medium.com/inserting-philosophy/interdependence-does-not-mean-lack-of-individuation-ec8db0b45b9c and here https://medium.com/original-philosophy/an-overly-brief-cosmology-of-consciousness-3049ead850b3

Granted, many people do not understand what freedom means, so can fall into such absurdities. https://medium.com/inserting-philosophy/does-anyone-understand-what-freedom-means-656890c38818

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Douglas Giles, PhD
Douglas Giles, PhD

Written by Douglas Giles, PhD

Philosopher by trade & temperament, professor for 21 years, bringing philosophy out of its ivory tower and into everyday life. https://dgilesauthor.com/

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