Footnotes2Plato

“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
–Alfred North Whitehead

Author: Matthew David Segall

Rupert Sheldrake on Whitehead

I interviewed Rupert Sheldrake as part of a new series for the Cobb Institute. I’ll be speaking with a number of scientists who have been influenced by Whitehead.

September 26, 2020
Reason, Reality, & Religion in the Making (dialoguing with John Vervaeke)

Thanks to John Vervaeke for hosting me on his channel. It was a wonderful conversation. As you’ll hear, we are planning to do a few trilogues soon with Jorge Ferrer and Evan Thompson.

September 13, 2020
Naturphilosophie as Process Philosophy in Schelling and Whitehead

Christopher Satoor and I discussed Schelling, his German Idealist context, and Whitehead’s inheritance of Schellingian ideas about mind and nature.

August 30, 2020
Meta-Linguistics (dialoguing with Layman Pascal)

Thanks to Bruce Alderman, Layman Pascal, and The Integral Stage for another great conversation! Here’s Bruce’s description: How does our understanding of the relationship between language and reality evolve as we develop, individually and culturally? What does it mean for language to be the house of being? Is there any sense in seeking a universal…

August 29, 2020
Metamodernism, the Integral Left, and Postmodern Traditionalism (dialoguing with Brent Cooper)

August 27, 2020
Parsimonious Panpsychism? (response to Julian Walker)

This following is copied from a Facebook post Julian Walker made in response to Bruce Alderman’s defense of panpsychism (in the “Integral 2.0” group). I wanted to weigh in (my comments are below): “PANPSYCHISM is not more PARSIMONIOUS than EMERGENTISM (Reply to Bruce on his thoughts about the David/Matthew debate) In a way I hear…

August 25, 2020
Emergent Evolution in a Panpsychist Cosmos (dialoging with Corey Anton)

Corey’s video to me: My response: Corey’s second volley: My final response:

August 22, 2020
Setting the Akashic Record Straight (final response to David Long about emergence and panpsychism)

August 21, 2020
What is at stake in cosmological inquiry?

Some reflections after my debate with David Long. Also riffing on what I wanted to speak with John Vervaeke about (our dialogue should be posted on John’s channel in a few weeks).

August 20, 2020
Cosmologies in Question: A Debate with David Long

Thanks to Bruce Alderman at The Integral Stage for moderating.

August 19, 2020
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…

August 17, 2020
Toward an Integral “God” – a dialogue with Layman Pascal

Thanks to Layman and Bruce Alderman at The Integral Stage for hosting these dialogues.

August 14, 2020
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…

August 11, 2020
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…

August 8, 2020
Remembering and Carrying Forward Michael Brooks on “Growing Down”

July 25, 2020
Dialogue with a Whiteheadian Thelemite Vajrayanist Wiccan, Sam Webster

July 22, 2020
The Rheomode Series, a YouTube playlist

I’ll be spending more time at the South Yuba River for the remainder of the summer. I’ll be recording more videos thinking with rocks, water, air, and fire. I’ll keep adding them to this playlist below. “What you thought was dead and inanimate betrays a secret life and silent, inexorable intent. You have got caught…

July 16, 2020
Integral Entheogens (Ep. 5) – Molecular Alchemy and the Evolution of Spirit

Thanks to Bruce Alderman and The Integral Stage for putting this together! In Episode 5, Matthew Segall discusses how entheogens or “ecodelics” have impacted him personally and philosophically, inspiring some of his deepest ontological insights and courses of inquiry — particularly in the areas of panpsychism, deep or integral pluralism, and process thought. He then…

July 16, 2020
Growing Down Podcast on “the Integral Left”

Thanks to Jeremy, Matt, and Ryan for hosting this dialogue!

July 4, 2020
Dialoguing with Brent Cooper about ecosocialist politics and integral spirituality

June 9, 2020
“He maketh his sun to rise,” featuring Donald Trump, Cornel West, and Ram Dass

June 4, 2020