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초록

Neuroscience has long made the materialist claim that the mind arises from the brain. However, there have been differing opinions within the scientific community, such as neurobiology, cognitive science, and quantum physics. Naturally, there are also many disagreements in other academic fields such as psychology and philosophy. In 2015, there was already a counterargument from the Buddhist community. The state of neuroscience research on consciousness is still in its infancy. However, despite weak scientific evidences, there has recently been a hasty claim to include the seventh manas and eighth alaya consciousness in the materialist view. This paper discusses the limitations of neuroscience's claims from a variety of perspectives, raising questions in cognitive, biological, and philosophical standpoints, and sheds light on the strengths and weaknesses of their logic through Buddhism's long-standing and profound approach to consciousness. First, this paper examines the counterarguments from neurobiologists, quantum physicians, philosophers, and psychologists, all of which share a common question regarding the emergence of mental consciousness from the physical brain. Second, questioning the claims of neuroscience through a new biological discovery, made in October 2024, by a team of neurobiological researchers at Konan University in Japan. Third, identifying the errors and limitations in the definition and scope of the mind claimed by neuroscience from a Buddhist perspective- also inspecting and arguing whether neuroscience researches, limited to the current state of the sixth mind, can observe and study the seventh manna and eighth alaya consciousness as some neuroscientists claim.

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