A Bayesian Analysis of Early Śramaṇic Origin Stories

John Kingsley

A Bayesian Analysis of Early Śramaṇic Origin Stories

John Kingsley

Loyola Marymount Unviersity

Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis

Abstract

When it comes to assessing the historicity of religious figures, the methodology used by the academy is severely outdated, disjointed, and unsound. Bayes' Theorem, first used with a historical analysis by Richard Carrier in 2014 in relation to the historicity of Jesus, is a methodologically sound vehicle with which to examine what we have all simply, in the past, accepted. This paper addresses the historicity of the Buddha, and its implication on the early śramanic origin stories, by Bayes' Theorem.

Original language	English
Qualification	Master of Arts, Yoga Studies
Awarding Institution	Loyola Marymount University
Supervisors/Advisors	Chapple, Christopher, Advisor
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

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http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/1256

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