“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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In dialogue with Iain McGilchrist
See also my blog review of McGilchrist’s new book The Matter With Things. Read more
Alan Watts, Alfred North Whitehead, Ancient Philosophy, Coleridge, Copernican Revolution, Darwin, Henri Bergson, Heraclitus, imagination, Kant, Modern Philosophy, Plato, reason, Religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Tarnas, Romantic Philosophy, Rudolf Steiner, Schelling, Sean Kelly, William James
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“The Matter With Things” by Iain McGilchrist
“Questions such as those concerning scientific truth, the nature of reality, and the place of man in the cosmos require for their study some knowledge of the constitution, quality, capacities and limitations of the human mind through which medium all such problems must be handled.” -Roger Sperry (1952) I’ve just finished reading The Matter With Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, Ancient Philosophy, Coleridge, Henri Bergson, imagination, Jean Gebser, Kant, Ken Wilber, Meister Eckhart, Modern Philosophy, poetry, reason, Religion, Richard Dawkins, Romantic Philosophy, Rudolf Steiner, Schelling, William Irwin Thompson, William James
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Goethe and Whitehead article in “In Dialogue: Journal for Holistic Science”
In Dialogue: Journal for Holistic Science, Vol 2 is available as a PDF here. My contribution is titled “Goethe and Whitehead: Steps to a Science of Organism” Read more
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Standing Firm in the Flux: On Whitehead’s Eternal Objects (draft article)
The article to follow is a draft posted here for your review. As usual, I invite your comments and criticisms (Note that I have been continually updating the draft below in light of helpful feedback and my own ongoing reflection: the doctrine of eternal objects is a deep ocean, but hopefully this study at least Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, Ancient Philosophy, Aristotle, autopoiesis, Darwin, Goethe, Hegel, Heraclitus, Hume, imagination, Kant, Modern Philosophy, Plato, reason, William James, Wittgenstein
“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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