“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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Dialogues with Scientists of Matter, Life, and Mind
Figured I should collect these dialogues in one place. They range from the last year or two up through earlier this afternoon. Timothy Jackson (Biologist and Toxinologist) John Pohl (Physician and Gastroenterologist) John Torday (Physician and Cellular Biologist) Greg Henriques (Psychologist) Praful Gagrani (Physicist and Origin of Life Scientist) John Vervaeke (Cognitive Scientist) Rupert Sheldrake Read more
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Psychedelics, Society, and Reality
That tweet came after I listened to several episodes of the recent NYMag/Psymposia podcast series “Power Trip.” Having now finished the series and shared a mixed review, I wanted to collect further thoughts on the subject. The NYMag/Psymposia series focuses on the dangers of both underground and clinically regulated psychedelic psychotherapy. The basic criticisms being Read more
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“On the Edge of the Abyss or, How to Wage War on War?” By Edgar Morin
On the Edge of the Abyss or, How to Wage War on War? By Edgar Morin March 9, 2022 Now in his 100th year, Edgar Morin is a leading French public intellectual. A radically transdisciplinary thinker, Morin is the author of more than fifty volumes on complexity theory, sociology, human nature, ecology, popular culture, politics, and more, including Thinking about Read more
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Revolutionary Left Radio podcast on Whitehead and Dialectics
Have a listen to my wide-ranging conversation with Breht on Whitehead, Marxist dialectics, and more. https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/whitehead Read more
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Tim Eastman Unties the Gordian Knot: Complete Seminar (Sessions 1-9)
Above is an embedded playlist featuring all 9 of the Eastman Seminars that I facilitated for the Science Advisory Committee of the Cobb Institute from June 2021 through February 2022. Tim Eastman, a plasma physicist and philosopher, is the author of Untying the Gordian Knot: Process, Reality, and Context (2020). These seminars invited other scholars Read more
Albert Einstein, Alfred North Whitehead, Ancient Philosophy, Aristotle, autopoiesis, Brian Swimme, Henri Bergson, imagination, Ken Wilber, Modern Philosophy, Plato, reason, Schelling
“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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