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Adequatio: Adventures in Participatory Epistemology

Posted on Nov 1st, 2009 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

This is a presentation my good friend Chris Becker and I lead at our Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness graduate program's retreat to Esalen in Big Sur, California. Thinkers mentioned include Rudolf Steiner, Walter Ong, Hans... More »

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Response to PZ Myers on the Philosophy of Science

Posted on Oct 9th, 2009 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

The following was posted on PZ's blog, Pharyngula, in response to this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/10/nicholas_wade_flails_at_the_ph.php Evolution. Theory, fact, or both? I don't think answering these questions is as simple as PZ or Wade make it seem.... More »

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The Science of Life

Posted on Jul 23rd, 2009 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

Daniel Dennett says biology is engineering . He argues that living organisms are machines, flattening the classical Aristotelian difference between natural and artificial. For Aristotle, natural things had their form and purpose internal to themselves,... More »

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Continuing the discussion on PZ Myers' blog

Posted on Jul 2nd, 2009 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

Anyone interested in following the thread I've been participating in over on Myers' blog, here's the link: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/07/i_was_wondering_about_that.php A little taste of what's been going on there (one of my posts): @ 201 John Morales... More »

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Noospheric Evolution: Science and Religion

Posted on Jul 1st, 2009 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

A few weeks ago, a contest put on by Discover Magazine was brought to my attention. The publication asked for short video submissions explaining evolution (by which they meant specifically Darwin's theory) in a lucid... More »

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The Essence of Evolution

Posted on May 31st, 2009 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

Entered in Discover Magazine's evolution contest... http://discovermagazine.com/contests/evolution-in-two-minutes-or-less/ Special thanks to YouTuber Paramystical for the voice over... music is by Ludovico Einaudi, "Fly." Evolution is, without doubt, the most profound idea ever imagined by the human... More »

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Dennett, Dawkins, Metaphor, and Much More

Posted on May 24th, 2009 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

This is a video I posted that sparked a whole series of responses (from YouTube users Renshank and LordImmolation that you can follow if you go to this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv0so8rbwPA I post it so you... More »

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Spiral Dynamics

Posted on Jan 6th, 2009 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

First video runs through the different vMemes of Don Beck's model. Second video discusses how individual development is necessarily tied to collective development, and tries to describe how various forms of communication bind the two... More »

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Seeing With Teilhard: Evolution and the Within of Things

Posted on Dec 7th, 2008 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

Preface “Like the meridians as they approach the poles, science, philosophy and religion are bound to converge as they draw nearer to the whole.” –Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man, p. 30   “To... More »

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On the Matter of Life: Biology, Mental and Integral Consciousness

Posted on Dec 7th, 2008 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

Preface  “The presumption that there is only one genus of actual entities constitutes an ideal of cosmological theory to which the philosophy of organism endeavors to conform. The description of the generic character of an... More »

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