“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
–Alfred North Whitehead

Science, Religion, and Earth Evolution: Thinking With Teilhard and Whitehead

I gave this presentation at my graduate program’s retreat earlier this week.

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5 responses to “Science, Religion, and Earth Evolution: Thinking With Teilhard and Whitehead”

  1. apprenti Avatar
    apprenti

    Teilhard was a Jesuit. 😭

      1. apprenti Avatar
        apprenti

        Hi Matt. You may be known with the Jesuits and the current world?

        In a way my intuition always kept me away from him; not pure enough,
        now I think I know what it is exploring Blavatsky and Bergson and the
        ideas of Teilhard mixing up Darwinism and Spiritism (that what now is
        called technocracy over human nature; ignoring all that might have to
        do with sprirituality; matter of mind idea of them).

        I trust my intuition; i did the first time ‘meeting’ you on Youtube.
        I still (believe) in your talents no matter what you write and about
        who and concerning who. So that’s all okay for me. I might be wrong
        but I trust my intuition to avoid him after the basic insights. His ‘material’
        I comprehend by lots of other philosophers and physicists who are as a
        matter of fact all psychosophers. (See “Propriocention” and “Living cat”- https://www.universityforlife.info/proprioception.html)

        All the beste to you. Sincerely yours, Wilfred Leonard.

      2. Matthew David Segall Avatar

        I do not endorse all aspects of Teilhard’s vision. I am not sure he can be easily pigeonholed into an Jesuit or Catholic ideology, however, given how dramatically his vision diverges from Catholic dogmas. Remember, he was banned from publishing by the Church.

      3. apprenti Avatar
        apprenti

        Hi dear Matt. thanx for replying me so quickly.

        In a / that way – as I said – I trust your goodwill and integrity, all over.

        Let me hear if you like to need some material of a topic or of some ‘thinker’.

        Best regards, Wilfred Leonard

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