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Zen and Artificial Intelligence, and Other Philosophical Musings by a Student of Zen Buddhism
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Zen and Artificial Intelligence, and Other Philosophical Musings by a Student of Zen Buddhism

By: Paul Andrew Powell

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This collection of philosophical essays synthesizes Western culture and science with insights from Zen practice. It discusses provocative topics from The Lord of the Rings to artificial intelligence and consciousness. A stimulating tour that will challenge how you look at things.

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This collection of philosophical essays by a student of Zen Buddhism synthesizes aspects of Western culture and science with the author’s insights from his Zen practice, revealing understandings into both. The book discusses a wide and provocative range of topics including Zen and The Lord of the Rings trilogy; Zen and artificial intelligence; Zen and the Postmodern condition; Zen and Christian afterlife; Zen and the problematic questions of free will and morality; and Zen and the nature of consciousness, among others.

This book is a stimulating and off-beat philosophical tour that will challenge how the reader looks at things.

Paul Andrew Powell is a retired college instructor of Composition and Literature. His essays “Hobbits as Buddhists and an Eye for an ‘I’” (2011) and “On the Conceivability of Artificially Created Enlightenment” (2005) appeared in the journal Buddhist/Christian Studies, and his essay “Infinite Games in the Age of Novelty” appeared as Chapter 26 in Consciousness in Theatre, Literature, and the Arts. He presented his essay “Infinite Games in the Age of Novelty” at the Consciousness in the Arts Conference in Aberystwyth, Wales, in 2007, and his paper “Zen and Artificial Intelligence” at the Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference in Tucson, Arizona, in 2002. He has been a student of Eastern thought and Zen Buddhism, in particular, for over four decades.

Hardback

  • ISBN: 1-5275-3704-8
  • ISBN13: 978-1-5275-3704-0
  • Date of Publication: 2019-08-21

Paperback

  • ISBN: 1-5275-6911-X
  • ISBN13: 978-1-5275-6911-9
  • Date of Publication: 2021-05-24

Ebook

  • ISBN: 1-5275-3835-4
  • ISBN13: 978-1-5275-3835-1
  • Date of Publication: 2021-05-24
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  • BIC: HPJ, HREZ, HRC
  • THEMA: QDTJ, QRFB23, QRM
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  • “An engaging cauldron of ideas.”
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