Bronwyn Finnegan
Associate professor in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University, specialising in Buddhist philosophy and debates about self, causation, and complex systems.
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May 12, 2026 • 39min
Where am I? Buddhist philosophy and the self
Bronwyn Finnegan, associate professor of philosophy at ANU who studies Buddhist thought on selfhood. She traces the long debate between reductionist and emergentist views. Topics include the five aggregates, Pudgalavada relational claims, Vasubandhu’s causal series, memory as causal succession, and how agency, moral responsibility and continuity fit into Buddhist frameworks.
