“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
–Alfred North Whitehead
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Disenchantment, Misenchantment, and Re-Enchantment: A Dialogue with Richard Tarnas
This dialogue took place in October 2013 at Esalen in Big Sur, CA. Read more
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“Nature is a priori” -Schelling
Thanks to milliern for his commentary on and reflections about an exchange Professor Corey Anton, myself, and others have been having on YouTube. I’m reposting my comment to him below: I wanted to offer a few clarifications of my own position. I don’t normally think of myself as a “Heideggerian,” though I suppose most people Read more
Albert Einstein, Alfred North Whitehead, Descartes, Iain Hamilton Grant, imagination, Jakob Böhme, Kant, Modern Philosophy, Schelling, William James
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Soul-Making vs the Blind Brain Theory
Steven Craig Hickman recently posted a fascinating commentary on the fantasy writer R. Scott Bakker’s “Blind Brain Theory.” I’ve offered several of my own commentaries in the past (see HERE). My general sense of unease seems to be shared by Hickman, who ponders towards the end of his post whether Bakker’s BBT might be more Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, Ancient Philosophy, Descartes, imagination, Isabelle Stengers, Modern Philosophy
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Agency in the Universe: Towards a Physics of the World-Soul
My book on Whitehead’s relevance to scientific cosmology. Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, Ancient Philosophy, Aristotle, Brian Swimme, Darwin, imagination, Modern Philosophy, Romantic Philosophy
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Emerson and Whitehead: Towards a Transcendentalist Kosmopolitics
Recorded on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA. Read more
“In one sense philosophy does nothing. It merely satisfies the entirely impractical craving to probe and adjust ideas which have been found adequate each in its special sphere of use. In the same way the ocean tides do nothing. Twice daily they beat upon the cliffs of continents and then retire. But have patience and look deeper; and you find that in the end whole continents of thought have been submerged by philosophic tides, and have been rebuilt in the depths awaiting emergence. The fate of humanity depends upon the ultimate continental faith by which it shapes its action, and this faith is in the end shaped by philosophy.”
—Alfred North Whitehead
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