“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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“The Limits of Intelligence”: A New Episode of the Waking Cosmos Podcast
Another new episode of the Waking Cosmos Podcast, produced by my friend Adrian Nelson. Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, Extended Mind, imagination, Modern Philosophy, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, reason, Religion
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Process & Difference in the Pluriverse, an online course at CIIS.edu
A trailer for my course being offered this Spring at CIIS.edu. PARP 6135 Process and Difference in the Pluriverse will explore the ethical, social, political, and ecological implications of process-relational philosophy. You could call it a course in applied or experimental metaphysics. We will read and discuss texts by radical empiricist William James, revolutionary sociologist WEB Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, Bruno Latour, Catherine Keller, Darwin, Donna Haraway, Gilles Deleuze, Graham Harman, Hegel, Heidegger, Herbert Marcuse, imagination, Isabelle Stengers, Kant, Modern Philosophy, politics, race, reason, Religion, Simon Critchley, speculative realism, Timothy Morton, William James
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Check out Becca’s presentation on her dissertation research at the International Transpersonal Conference in Prague last month.
The Back of Beyond: Presentation at the International Transpersonal Conference Read more
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What is Life? (Part 2)
Continuing a dialogue in the comments of my last post, particularly the question of whether rocks have agency… An organic realism would suggest that some processes within rocks do have varying degrees of agency. Crystallization is telic. Atoms are self-organizing ecopoietic agents. The periodic table of elements is a taxonomic hierarchy that sorts different species Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, Ancient Philosophy, autopoiesis, Daniel Dennett, Evan Thompson, Francisco Varela, imagination, Romantic Philosophy
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What is Life? (Response to Joe Norman)
Sharing my reply below to a brilliant series of thoughts concerning the essence of life at Joseph W. Norman’s blog (CLICK HERE TO READ IT). Joe, Thanks for pointing out the relevance of N. Taleb’s distinction between randomness and an agent’s exposure to randomness for the question of “life.” Much to ponder here… My friendship with Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, autopoiesis, Copernican Revolution, Eric Smith, Evan Thompson, Francisco Varela, imagination, Modern Philosophy
“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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