Draft:The Middle Way Society

The Middle Way Society was set up as a space for the study and practice of The Middle Way. Practice of The Middle Way involves establishing a practice for making better judgements that avoid fixed, or absolutized, beliefs, and which develop ideas by being open to practical experience. This is done by using the five Principles, as formulated by Robert M Ellis: 1. Skepticism (accepting the possibility that a position could be wrong) 2. Provisionality (holding one's beliefs with acceptance that you are willing to change them, given sufficient reason 3. Incrementality (moving towards a given position in a step-wise fashion) 4. Agnosticism (accepting that one cannot 'know' absolutely that something is or is not the case) 5. Integrative (the process leads to a greater understanding).

The Middle Way Society is not linked to any religion, though the ideas of the historical Buddha are used, particularly in relation to the Middle Way. Similarly, other thinkers who have formulated ideas that align with the Middle Way are credited, from Carl Jung, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, to and Daniel Kahnemann, and Iain McGilchrist.

The Middle Way Society has been featured in the American Philosophical Association's blog page,.

The society has a website,, YouTube channel, , Facebook page, and Facebook discussion group.