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Adequatio: Adventures in Participatory Epistemology

Posted on Nov 1st, 2009 by 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 »

Response to PZ Myers on the Philosophy of Science

Posted on Oct 9th, 2009 by 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 »

"Out of Our Heads" by Alva Noë

Posted on Sep 6th, 2009 by buddhacious

Holons Network

Posted on Aug 25th, 2009 by buddhacious

The Science of Life

Posted on Jul 23rd, 2009 by 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 »

Timaeus, or The Universe as a Living Thing

Posted on Jul 19th, 2009 by buddhacious

Cosmology is an art that involves speaking about the whole: to do cosmology, I must share stories with others concerning what we all belong to. This can be done in many languages --some musical, others... More »

Continuing the discussion on PZ Myers' blog

Posted on Jul 2nd, 2009 by 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 »

Noospheric Evolution: Science and Religion

Posted on Jul 1st, 2009 by 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 »

The Essence of Evolution

Posted on May 31st, 2009 by 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 »

Dennett, Dawkins, Metaphor, and Much More

Posted on May 24th, 2009 by 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 »