"The safest general characterization of the philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." —Alfred North Whitehead
modern philosophers
World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research just published my review of Hubert Dreyfus and Charles Taylor's book Retrieving Realism (2015). Read my review here (it may be behind a paywall, sorry about that). I have another expanded article on their book coming out very soon in the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies that …
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This was a few weeks ago at CIIS.edu. I'm time-stamping to jump in half way so as to highlight that part of our discussion most relevant to the topics explored on this blog. https://youtu.be/HFID-EqFVmg?t=49m3s
Below is the draft of a paper I'll present at next week's International Whitehead Conference in the Azores. Feedback appreciated! 2017 International Whitehead Conference Matthew T. Segall The Place of Life in the Cosmos: Feeling the Origin of Organism “A philosophic outlook is the very foundation of thought and of life. The …
Below is a draft of a paper I'll offer at the MEA Convention in a few weeks. I share it here in the hopes that my readers may provide feedback that helps me improve it. I have something like 15 minutes to present as part of a panel on "Philosophical Perspectives," so I'll only be …
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I'm teaching another online graduate course for CIIS.edu this Fall (Aug-Dec) called Whitehead's Adventure in Cosmology: Toward a Physics of the World-Soul (PARP 6133). Here is the proposed syllabus. Auditors and Special Students are welcome to enroll. Email me at msegall@ciis.edu for more information about how to do this.
There is a ton of commentary on this controversy, so I won't try to summarize it. This wiki page does a decent job, as far as I can tell. Here is Rebecca Tuvel's article, "In defense of transracialism." It may be helpful to read it before weighing in on the controversy. It is unfortunate that Tuvel …
Thanks to Adrian Nelson for hosting this conversation on his YouTube channel Waking Cosmos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-AhdpnlasM
