Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (843 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1570628939 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Delightful Crash Course in Science and Mind Readers shouldn't think this book is of interest only to Buddhist adherents of any school. In a series of presentations and dialogues, contemporary scientists---Newcomb Greenleaf, mathematician and artificial intelligence researcher; physicist Jeremy Hayward, neuroscientist Robert Livingston, biochemist Luigi Luisi, cognitive psychologist Eleanor Rosch, and biologist Francisco Varela---present a wonderfully . Cerebral, thought-provoking; edifying for patient, forbearing I got really excited, reading the forward and preface, because the intention behind this potentially historic event drew me in. This was a recounting, meeting minutes so to speak, of dialogue between several well-known scientists from the western world and the Dali Lama. This dialogue took place in several prearranged conferences. I love historic moments. I love epiphanies and valuable new insights, especial. "The Dalai Lama's a great guy,but I think sometimes overrated" according to Joel Brown. This book presents us with a few men of ancient Eastern tradition interlocuting with a few men of Socratic Western tradition on the nature of the world around us. Before any specifics of scientific architectonics are covered, they question the method of science. Logical positivism is questioned, and they do not attempt to invalidate it but do attempt to jeopardize its optimistic infallibility. Despite this d
Gentle Bridges is a chronicle of this extraordinary exchange of ideas.. 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