The Traveling Salesman Problem is a pertinent koan among computer scientists.
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Koan
/ˈkoʊ.ɑn/
Synonyms for "koan" (4 found)
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More general
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6 entriesdoctrinal koanhistorical koanliterary koanmu koanone hand koanphilosophical koan
Collocations
6 entriesZen koankoan collectionkoan practicekoan studykoan traditionmeditation koan
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- aporia noun (riddle without solution)
- kōan noun (riddle without solution)
French
1 entries- aporie noun (riddle without solution)
Hungarian
1 entries- koan noun (riddle without solution)
Italian
1 entries- aporia noun (riddle without solution)
Polish
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Spanish
1 entries- aporía noun (riddle without solution)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Zen, with its absurdist koan, laughs at life much the way the Marx brothers did. What exactly can you make of a philosophical system whose teacher answers the question, "How do you see things so clearly?" with the seeming one-liner, "I close my eyes"?
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Gibberish. Or else a koan that Achtfaden isn’t equipped to master, a transcendent puzzle that could lead him to some moment of light.
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As always the koan “Why, Why am I here, why here” begins in her head, but she beats it back like a housewife with a broom.
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