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>From: silber@orfeo.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Silber)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: mean,meaner,MEANING-est/ intention-and-self the buddhist way
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Date: 3 Mar 92 01:33:41 GMT
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In article <1992Mar3.011659.17477@unocal.com> stgprao@xing.unocal.com (Richard Ottolini) writes:
>In article <kr5b29INN4hu@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> silber@orfeo.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Silber) writes:
>>
>> According to the Buddhist tradition of analysis of the self, it is 
>> the absence of intention which allows the self to be fully present.
>> Also, the deepest understanding, in the buddhist view, comes when
>> one is freed from intentionality. 
>
>What the heck does all this abstract discussion have to do with the goals
>of A.I., hard or soft?

 There has been some measure of comment to the effect that
 'intention' is a pre-requisite for self/self-identity.  This
 bears on the issue of your view of AI-models and of the
 competence of various models.  It has also been suggested that
 two-thousand years + of mediterranean meditations on the nature
 of mind support certain conclusions about AI models.  THEREFORE,
 I merely introduced a well known view which arises from thousands of
 years of contemplation in South and East Asia as having some
 relevance to the philosophical issues impinging upon the
 modeling/implementation of AI-systems.


