Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind

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Shambhala Publications, 16 paź 2001 - 288
What is the essence of the mind? Could computers ever have consciousness? Can compassion be learned? When does consciousness enter the human embryo? These are just some of the many questions that were discussed during a historic meeting that took place between several prominent Western scientists and the Dalai Lama. Gentle Bridges is a chronicle of this extraordinary exchange of ideas.
 

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PREFACE
Scientific Method and Validation JEREMY W HAYWARD
A Conversation
Perception and the Brain FRANCISCO J VARELA
A Conversation
Cognitive Psychology ELEANOR ROSCH
A Conversation
Artificial Intelligence NEWCOMB GREENLEAF
A Conversation
Development of the Human Brain ROBERT B LIVINGSTON
A Conversation
Evolution of Life FRANCISCO J VARELA AND LUIGI LUISI
A Conversation
Closing Remarks
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Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind
Jeremy W. Hayward,The Dalai Lama
Podgląd niedostępny - 2001

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Informacje o autorze (2001)

Francisco J. Varela, PhD, was Fondation de France Professor of Cognitive Science and Epistemology at the École Polytechnique and the Institute of Neuroscience of Paris. He is also the author of Principles of Biological Autonomy. Jeremy Hayward is the international education director of Shambhala Training. He is the author of Letters to Vanessa: On Love, Science, and Awareness in an Enchanted World and Shifting Worlds, Changing Minds: Where the Sciences and Buddhism Meet. He teaches warriorship retreats around the world.

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TytułGentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind
AutorzyJeremy W. Hayward, The Dalai Lama
RedaktorFrancisco J. Varela
Wydaniereprint
WydawcaShambhala Publications, 2001
ISBN0834828782, 9780834828780
Liczba stron288
  
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