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In this presentation, @J_Morningstar will introduce Mullā Ṣadrā, a Shiʿi Muslim philosopher & mystic who pioneered a process metaphysics within Islam to bring this Muslim thinker into the wider conversation on process-relational thought.
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The major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur.
-Alfred North Whitehead, Symbolism: Its Meaning and Effect, p. 88
In this piece, @CultureDevelops reads the combined philosophies of Teilhard de Chardin and Whitehead as a diagnostic tool for the noosphere's political present.
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NEW DEADLINE: Nov 15
This Special Issue of Metamodern Theory & Praxis aims to explore and expand the emancipatory potential of processual modes of thought and analysis, drawing connections between previously disparate discourses.
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The latest issue of Process Studies (volume 55, issue 2) brings together seven articles that show the reach of Whiteheadian thought across metaphysics, theology, ethics, and comparative philosophy.
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Gifts from the earth or from each other establish a particular relationship, an obligation of sorts to give, to receive, and to reciprocate.
-Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, p. 25
In this presentation, David Roy will weave together several strands of knowledge to help explain why it is important that we increase the role of the right hemisphere in our whole brain’s experience of the world.
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This book launch event will feature a brief presentation by the author outlining the book’s main argument, followed by a discussion with invited discussants and a Q&A session.
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Founded in 2006, the Claremont Eco Forum has convened scholars, practitioners, nonprofit leaders, ecological entrepreneurs, farmers, young leaders and public-sector participants to exchange ideas and practices for ecological civilisation.
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The worship of glory arising from power is not only dangerous, it arises from a barbaric conception of God.
-Alfred North Whitehead, Religion in the Making, p. 54
It is an erroneous moral platitude, that it is necessarily good to know the truth. The minor truth may beget the major evil.
-Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, p. 311
Going beyond the modern world will involve transcending its individualism, anthropocentrism, patriarchy, mechanization, economism, consumerism, nationalism, and militarism.
-David Ray Griffin, Founders of Constructive Postmodern Philosophy, p. viii
This course introduces Whitehead’s process philosophy, emphasizing its application to modern science and cosmology. It explores the applications of process thought to physics, biology, neuroscience, and more.
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In this piece, @CultureDevelops reads the combined philosophies of Teilhard de Chardin and Whitehead as a diagnostic tool for the noosphere's political present.
Read the full piece: ctr4process.org/article/cult…
Sixteen essays apply Deleuze's cosmological perspective to scientific, metaphysical, and aesthetic issues, illustrating the intertwinement of philosophy, science, and art.
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We must be prepared to amplify, recast, generalize, and adapt, so as to absorb into one system all sources of experience.
-Alfred North Whitehead, Religion in the Making, p. 143-4
In this conversation, facilitated by Jay McDaniel, Melissa Cowper-Smith will share her story and images of her art, garden, horses, and homes, inviting us to consider how our own multiple loves might shape a meaningful life.
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