Bias and the Middle Way
How to stop Absolutizing our Conditioned Assumptions
By (author) Robert M. Ellis
Paperback (Published)
(July 2026)
ISBN: 9781800507814
6.14 x 9.21 inches
Price: $36.95
In stock
Hardback (Published)
(July 2026)
ISBN: 9781800507807
6.14 x 9.21 inches
Price: $100.00
In stock
Human judgement is constantly distorted by biases that are due to the biological, social and cultural conditions of our lives. Cognitive psychology has identified a large number of these, whilst the critical thinking tradition has also found closely related fallacies. However, our response to these biases and fallacies is rarely considered as part of a whole personal practice. 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. The underlying problem of biased judgement is argued not to be one of ‘irrationality’, but of conflict created by absolutization (assuming we have the whole story). This conflict can be addressed effectively through Middle Way practices, as introduced in the earlier volumes of this series. The book offers a helpful overview and categorization of a wide range of biases and fallacies, seeking to identify balanced approaches to all of them in relation to each other.
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.
- By (author) Robert M. Ellis
"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
—
Similar Books
Attics and Basements
The Evocative, Expressive and Embracing Functions of Homes and Other Human Dwellings
Drunk the Potion, No Whit Charmed
The Doctrine of Pure and Perfect Souls from Iamblichus to Damascius
Éthique, politique, religions
Superstition (XVIIe - XXIe siècles). Sémantique, histoires et cultures
Exploring Himalayan Cultural and Textual Heritage
The Legacy and Impact of René Nebesky-Wojkowitz
Volume 35
La Lettre clandestine
La littérature philosophique clandestine, ses éditeurs et ses éditions
Volume 34
Libertinage et philosophie à l’époque classique (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle)
Athéisme, Modernité et Sécularisation / Atheism, Modernity and Secularization
Volume 23
Political Thought and Eleventh-Century Populism
The Meek, the Many, and the Meritorious during the Age of the Gregorian Reform
Volume 38
Seeking Wisdom, Embracing Compassion
A Philokalic Commentary on Tsong kha pa’s ‘Great Treatise’
Volume 11
