Category: Extended Mind

Psychedelics Today podcast on Consciousness, Capitalism, and Philosophy

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I had a great conversation with Joe Moore of Psychedelics Today a couple months back, and the podcast was just released today. Have a listen. In this episode, Joe interviews philosopher, author, and assistant professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco: Matthew D. Segall, Ph.D. [...]

Emanation, Emergence, and Meaning: Thinking with Vervaeke and Kastrup

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https://youtu.be/W-EB3cdQwzc Here's a link to an academic article laying out the significance of Whitehead's panexperientialism for the hard problem of consciousness: https://matthewsegall.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/segall_ptsc_7_1_105-131.pdf John Vervaeke and I recorded a dialogue a few days after I recorded the video above. View it here: Dia-logos with John Vervaeke: Emergence, Emanation, and Bernardo Kastrup’s Idealism

Alchemical Consciousness After Descartes: Whitehead’s Philosophy of Organism as Psychedelic Realism

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The following is an essay originally submitted for publication in a book on philosophy and psychedelics. After some feedback from the editors, I realized it is too long and includes too many (I hope interesting!) digressions. I'll be thoroughly revising my submission for the book, so I figured I'd share this earlier version here. Feedback [...]

The Rheomode Series, a YouTube playlist

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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. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL29llNJMc6MGrLu2duMuyS6PFT5L3aMFx "What you thought was dead and inanimate betrays a secret life and silent, inexorable intent. You have got [...]

Integral Entheogens (Ep. 5) – Molecular Alchemy and the Evolution of Spirit

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https://youtu.be/qLEiaC0Ayms 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 [...]

Physicalism and Its Discontents: A Study in Whitehead’s Panexperientialist Alternative [draft]

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UPDATE: Here is a PDF of the final draft accepted for publication under the revised title "The Varieties of Physicalist Ontology: A Study in Whitehead's Process-Relational Alternative." I've just finished drafting this article, which will hopefully be featured in a special issue of the Journal of Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences focused on panpsychism. It still [...]