“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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Cosmologies in Question: A Debate with David Long
Thanks to Bruce Alderman at The Integral Stage for moderating. Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, autopoiesis, Brian Swimme, Copernican Revolution, Darwin, Descartes, Evan Thompson, Extended Mind, Fichte, Francisco Varela, Galileo, Goethe, Hegel, imagination, Jean Gebser, Kant, Ken Wilber, Modern Philosophy, Paul Churchland, poetry, reason, Richard Dawkins, Romantic Philosophy, Schelling
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Consciousness in the Wild
I just finished a 2.5 hour debate with David Long (moderated by Bruce Alderman of The Integral Stage). David is a proponent of “Integral 2.0,” an attempted upgrade of Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory which David feels amounts to a kind of idealistic creationism when it comes to cosmological questions and the origins of consciousness. David Read more
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Toward an Integral “God” – a dialogue with Layman Pascal
Thanks to Layman and Bruce Alderman at The Integral Stage for hosting these dialogues. Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, Ancient Philosophy, Descartes, imagination, Modern Philosophy, reason, Religion, Romantic Philosophy
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Death Denial in a Panpsychist Cosmos: A Dialogue with Corey Anton
Partially edited Transcript (if you feel inspired please do feel free to finish the editing of this transcript and post it as a comment below!): Matt Segall: Well, good to see you. Corey Anton: Great to see you Matt Segall: So how’s it going Corey Anton: It’s going really great and thank you so much Read more
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Meta-Politics – a discussion with Layman Pascal on “The Integral Stage”
META-POLITICS – This is the first episode in a new conversation series between Layman Pascal and Matthew T. Segall. After touching on the deep strangeness of our time, and on the importance of finding a new post/metaphysical nexus for politics, religion, and ecology (a reintegration of the value spheres) Layman and Matt take up an 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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