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Dive deeper into the transformative journey with John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall as they continue their exploration into faith, meaning, and the power of Dialogos. This second part of their conversation delves into the evolution of Christianity, the limitations of the scientific worldview, and the urgent meta-crisis that beckons a collective awakening. Through a blend of philosophical depth and actionable insight, John and Jordan navigate the realms of relationality, the potential of imaginal engagement, and the intricate pathways toward spiritual and intellectual enrichment. This episode is a testament to the transformative potential of deep, respectful dialogue in uncovering nuanced understandings and fostering growth on both personal and collective levels. Guest Bio and Links: Jordan Hall is a technology entrepreneur with several years of experience building disruptive companies. He is interested in philosophy, artificial intelligence, and complex systems and has a background in law. Hall has worked for several technology companies and was the founder and CEO of DivX. He is currently involved in various think tanks and institutes and is focused on upgrading humanity's capacity for thought and action. Listeners can learn more about Jordan on his YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMzT-mdCqoyEv_-YZVtE7MQ his Medium, https://medium.com/deep-code, and on Twitter, @greenhall Resources: Join our new Patreon: John Vervaeke | Responding to The Meaning Crisis with The Vervaeke Foundation The Vervaeke Foundation Awaken to Meaning Mentioned Conversations: Faith in Dialogue: Exploring Christian Virtues in a Diverse World with Jordan Hall Part 1 The Religion of Tomorrow | Transcendent Naturalism #11 with Gregg Henriques and Jordan Hall Practical Eschatology | Transcendent Naturalism #12 with Gregg Henriques and Jordan Hall Embodiment and the Metacrisis with Rafe Kelley Books, Articles, and Publications: The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience - Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, Evan Thompson The Mind of Whitehead: Adventure in Ideas - Roland Faber Depths As Yet Unspoken - Roland Faber, Andrew M Davis Hall, J. (2018, November 8). An inquiry concerning science and religion. Medium. Quotes: "The scientific worldview requires that you step away from the experiment, observe as an objective fact, and then coordinate with other potential subjects on an increasing precision of your ability to articulate facts about objective reality." - Jordan Hall [00:17:40] “Understanding faith as belief is inadequate. Trying to understand what science does as just the propositional manipulation of belief is wrong for all kinds of reasons.” - John Vervaeke [00:46:48] Glossary of Terms: Meta-Crisis: The complex, interwoven crises threatening global civilization and human flourishing. Scientific Worldview: The perspective that emphasizes empirical evidence and rational analysis, often overshadowing subjective and experiential knowledge. Chapters: [00:00:00] - Introduction and Recap of Dialogos [00:03:15] - Navigating the Meta-Crisis: Beyond the Scientific Worldview [00:10:40] - Meta-Crisis, Scientific Worldview, and Christianity's Transformation [00:19:11] - Dissecting First-Person Experience in a Third-Person Dominated Culture [00:22:38] - The Influence of Simulated Perception and Cartesian Dualism [00:32:20] - Bridging Intelligibility, Science, and Spirituality [00:44:58] - Overcoming Conflicts: Science, Religion, and Propositional Tyranny [00:59:00] - The Virtue of Humility and the Balance of Finitude and Transcendence [01:06:00] - Parental Love: Divine Relations and Agency [01:22:25] - Humility and Embodiment: Towards Communal Being [01:32:02] - Conclusion: Friendship and Future Conversations Connect with John: Website | YouTube | Patreon | X | Facebook
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An exploration of Cartesian Dualism, the theory that the mind and body exist separately, and how it could influence how you approach fitness.Get-Fit Guy is hosted by Kevin Don. A transcript is available at Simplecast.Have a fitness question? Email Kevin at getfitguy@quickanddirtytips.com or leave us a voicemail at (510) 353-3014.Find Get-Fit Guy on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the newsletter for more fitness tips.Get-Fit Guy is a part of Quick and Dirty Tips.Links:https://www.quickanddirtytips.comhttps://www.facebook.com/GetFitGuyhttps://twitter.com/GetFitGuyhttps://www.kevindon.com/
Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A Brief Defense of Athleticism, published by Wofsen on March 7, 2023 on LessWrong. Non-athletic thinkers are myopic. I see at least three very important reasons any rationalist must value exercise. As someone who has trained extremely hard in distance running, sports in general and athletic conditioning in particular create an intuitive understanding of the fallaciousness of Cartesian Dualism and the accuracy of materialism in the sense that the mind is merely a part of the body. Physical challenges also force one to understand the limitations of Kahneman's "system two." For example, one may know what it means to not start a race too quickly and then "die" (running jargon for running out of steam prematurely), but repeated failures in actual races teach one to realize the limitations of one's rationality, especially under stress (even if distance running is classified as eustress rather than distress; remember, cortisol levels & arousal are the same in either case). Conditioning has been shown to increase cognitive performance. Results of a quick google finds: This study notes better reaction time in fit adolescents (no causal link, n = 30). This review shows decreased "system 2" aging in physically fit elderly individuals (causality likely, preponderance of evidence). Acute exercise (
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A Brief Defense of Athleticism, published by Wofsen on March 7, 2023 on LessWrong. Non-athletic thinkers are myopic. I see at least three very important reasons any rationalist must value exercise. As someone who has trained extremely hard in distance running, sports in general and athletic conditioning in particular create an intuitive understanding of the fallaciousness of Cartesian Dualism and the accuracy of materialism in the sense that the mind is merely a part of the body. Physical challenges also force one to understand the limitations of Kahneman's "system two." For example, one may know what it means to not start a race too quickly and then "die" (running jargon for running out of steam prematurely), but repeated failures in actual races teach one to realize the limitations of one's rationality, especially under stress (even if distance running is classified as eustress rather than distress; remember, cortisol levels & arousal are the same in either case). Conditioning has been shown to increase cognitive performance. Results of a quick google finds: This study notes better reaction time in fit adolescents (no causal link, n = 30). This review shows decreased "system 2" aging in physically fit elderly individuals (causality likely, preponderance of evidence). Acute exercise (
How do the mind, the body, and the soul interact? After years of studying the brain, there are still many questions. Dr. Joshua Farris discusses free will, consciousness, and philosophy on this bingecast with Dr. Michael Egnor. Additional Resources Dr. Joshua Farris Dr. Michael Egnor Buy Dr. Joshua R. Farris' Book: The Soul of Theological Anthropology Cartesian Exploration What is… Source
VYS0006 - Show Notes In this inaugural Vayse interview, Hine and Buckley talk to electronic musician, creative dreamer and fellow weirdo Mark Burford aka Field Lines Cartographer. The conversation ranges from how dreams can be part of the creative process to time loops, retrocausality and their implications on the concept of free will to Mark's very own haunted house. Recorded 28 June 2022. Field lines Cartographer – Dreamtides (https://fieldlinescartographer-cis.bandcamp.com/), Bandcamp (https://fieldlinescartographer.bandcamp.com/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/FLCartographer), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/field_lines_cartographer/?hl=en) Yesterday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXTJBr9tt8Q) by the Beatles Bohemian Rhapsody (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ) by Queen Jimi Hendrix sacrifices a guitar at Monterey International Pop Festival (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-7toYWFEyk) - shamanic guitar genius Paul Weston on the Consensus Unreality podcast (http://www.paulwestonglastonbury.com/consensus-unreality-high-strangeness-ufology-interview/) Nick Cave – The Red Hand Files (https://www.theredhandfiles.com/) - the wit and wisdom of the great Nicholas Edward Cave Time Loops (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605841123_time-loops-precognition-retrocausation-and-the-unconscious/9781938398926) and Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self: Interpreting Messages from Your Future (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/precognitive-dreamwork-and-the-long-self-interpreting-messages-from-your-future/9781644112694) by Eric Wargo The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605844248_the-wreck-of-the-titan-or-futility-9781420928754/9781420928754) by Morgan Robinson Uri Gellar - Fascinating article and video about a Stanford study and the subsequent CIA interest into his abilities (https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/may/09/cia-uri-geller-video/) Donnie Darko (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZyBaFYFySk) Benjamin Libet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Libet) and the neuroscience of free will (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will) - yeah ok, they're Wikipedia links but they're really interesting ones... A Glitch in the Matrix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8eT79WUJ0) – a Rodney Asher documentary Alister Crowley and the Aeon of Horus (http://www.paulwestonglastonbury.com/my-books/) by Paul Weston Left at East Gate: A First-Hand Account of the Bentwaters-Woodbridge Ufo Incident, Its Cover-Up, and Investigation (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781569247594/Left-East-Gate-First-Hand-Account-1569247595/plp) by Larry Warren and Peter Robbins - excellent book about the Rendlesham Forest Incident The Green Knight (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS6ksY8xWCY) Stalker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuOnfQd-aTw) - mind altering film by Andrei Tarkovsky The Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2U9TXmYJ94) - another mind altering film by Andrei Tarkovsky Blade Runner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eogpIG53Cis) The Blade Runner soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3fz6CC45ok) by Vangelis MEN (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt81CJcWZy8) – Alex Garland's 2022 movie The MEN Soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRFGY1_lMmU) by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow The X-Files (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcf44Nit7_A) The X-Files Soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssqdsg1YOHQ) by Mark Snow Mandy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI054ow6KJk) The Mandy Soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKZEBhRX-TU) by Jóhann Jóhannsson Nicolas Cage - a fun article about his "Nouveau Shamanic" acting style (https://filmschoolrejects.com/nouveau-shamanic-the-enigmatic-style-of-nicolas-cage/?amp) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3fx6TugN7g) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGFf4RheAcg&list=PL4KM8hVBuiz16h91rPgXbpAznl1koG_71) (I get excited just thinking about it! - Hine) Special Guest: Field Lines Cartographer.
In this episode, I'm reading a chapter of my book, Unconscious Correspondences. I considered an episode on Cartesian Dualism, but realized I'd already said everything I needed to say, in a chapter in this book. Rather than repurposing the same content into a new form, why not just read directly from the book? As Nietzsche tended to do when introducing his own earlier works, I shall do the same. I will introduce this essay: "Body and Mind: The Life and Meditations of Rene Descartes - A Polemic" with, "An attempt at self-criticism". This essay has its flaws, and belabors the point a bit too stringently at places. In retrospect, I made some very overgeneralized claims about academia and modern attitudes towards Descartes that one could easily challenge. I should also say that these claims derived from personal experience with my own professors, and the professors of many of my friends. Descartes was always taught as being "basically a secret atheist who didn't believe the religious stuff at all and included it just to please the church." Not only did one of my own professors say some version of this, I heard this from others, attending different universities. This always struck me as odd, because the central premises of his Meditations on First Philosophy are completely derived from Christian presuppositions, which are simply taken from theology and put into philosophical language. Thus, I challenged: whether Descartes was truly a departure from past philosophy (Plato, of course, sets up figures to raise assertions and Socrates to raise skeptical objections/doubts); whether Descartes was actually an atheist or a deist (or whether we could understand him within the assumption he was a Christian, perhaps a Rosicrucian); whether our own interpretations of Descartes have to do with our embrace of the "mind as self" ego-consciousness (thus leading us to be confused and embarrassed by Descartes' invocation of God as the ultimate certainty). While I wrote in a way that was somewhat clumsy in my eyes now, and while I may have spent too much time in a detour talking about the background historical context in which Descartes emerged, I feel these challenges are raised in a forceful and meaningful enough way to be useful for people to think about. https://app.thebookpatch.com/BookStore/unconscious-correspondences/3fe82dc3-d4ac-4d61-81c3-9ce9a7abe483
Materialism is dead. There are simply too many questions left unanswered after years of studying the brain. Now, people are scrambling for a new way to understand the mind-body relationship. Cartesian dualism has become a whipping boy in philosophy, but it has advantages over the alternatives. Dr. Joshua Farris discusses Cartesianism and philosophy with Dr. Michael Egnor. Source
Materialism is dead. There are simply too many questions left unanswered after years of studying the brain. Now, people are scrambling for a new way to understand the mind-body relationship. Cartesian dualism has become a whipping boy in philosophy, but it has advantages over the alternatives. Dr. Joshua Farris discusses Cartesianism and philosophy with Dr. Michael Egnor. Show Notes 01:27… Source
RSR Host Fred Williams is joined by information expert Daniel Hedrick to talk about the interesting phenomenon of Terminal Lucidity. As Wiki describes, it's “an unexpected return of mental clarity and memory, or suddenly regained consciousness that occurs in the time shortly before death”. It's a condition that has been reported by physicians since the 19th century. The importance of this subject stems from the nature of consciousness. The mathematician Descarte described it as mind/matter dualism, or Cartesian Dualism, which states that the mind can exist outside of the body, and the body cannot think. Join in to hear how this relatively common phenomenon is a strong refutation of materialism, and powerful evidence for the existence of the soul. Hear part 1 here. Hear part 2 here.
RSR Host Fred Williams is joined by information expert Daniel Hedrick to talk about the interesting phenomenon of Terminal Lucidity. As Wiki describes, it's “an unexpected return of mental clarity and memory, or suddenly regained consciousness that occurs in the time shortly before death”. It's a condition that has been reported by physicians since the 19th century. The importance of this subject stems from the nature of consciousness. The mathematician Descarte described it as mind/matter dualism, or Cartesian Dualism, which states that the mind can exist outside of the body, and the body cannot think. Join in to hear how this relatively common phenomenon is a strong refutation of materialism, and powerful evidence for the existence of the soul.
Welcome to Fang Theory! The podcast where we notice something interesting or weird in the Twilight universe, take it way too seriously, and bring in real world science to explain it. If you've ever wondered if vampire hair grows back, what Twilight's take on Cartesian Dualism is, or how all the pieces broken off a vampire could crawl back together, then tune in every other Thursday.
Matt's punishment pick for the week is the Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva, which somehow lasted six seasons and has mostly inspired us to talk about Cartesian Dualism and the mind-body problem, cryptids, and legal mumbo jumbo. Learn about cable's most existentially terrifying series here!
Seth from Hugos There, Take Me To Your Reader, Brief & Not So Brief joins us to discuss Palm Springs. We talk about Cartesian Dualism, capitalism, and what is a life worth living. Seth hosts Hugos There, a monthly podcast talking about Hugo Award winning novels with a guest(s). It’s great. Check it out. You … Continue reading "Life and Death and Death and Death in Palm Springs ft. Seth" The post Life and Death and Death and Death in Palm Springs ft. Seth appeared first on Androids and Assets.
Seth from Hugos There, Take Me To Your Reader, Brief & Not So Brief joins us to discuss Palm Springs. We talk about Cartesian Dualism, capitalism, and what is a life worth living. Seth hosts Hugos There, a monthly podcast talking about Hugo Award winning novels with a guest(s). It’s great. Check it out. You … Continue reading "Life and Death and Death and Death in Palm Springs ft. Seth" The post Life and Death and Death and Death in Palm Springs ft. Seth appeared first on Androids and Assets.
In this Bingecast episode, Dr. Robert J. Marks and Dr. Michael Egnor explore the human brain and its relationship to the mind. Is the mind an emergent property of the brain? Is there neurological evidence for the soul? What have brain experiments taught us about free will and the human person? Can you still think in a coma? Show Notes… Source
In this Bingecast episode, Dr. Robert J. Marks and Dr. Michael Egnor explore the human brain and its relationship to the mind. Is the mind an emergent property of the brain? Is there neurological evidence for the soul? What have brain experiments taught us about free will and the human person? Can you still think in a coma? Show Notes… Source
Celine and Stephen explore Cartesian Dualism - the idea that the mind and body are separate from the perspectives of psychology and media. Plus Stephen is surprised by Celine's lack of an inner voice. Surely everyone talks to themselves?
Nathan and Ben return with a scheme called "The Other Podcast" where we threaten to analyse episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus if you don't listen. The next podcast scheme might be the turning point. Until then, enjoy their musings on Graham Chapman's depictions of camp and a quiz on Cartesian Dualism.
Is the mind an emergent property of the brain? Or is there something else going on? Robert J. Marks discusses the different theories of the mind — including materialism, panpsychism, and dualism — with Dr. Michael Egnor. Show Notes 00:37 | Introducing Dr. Michael Egnor, Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at State University of New York, Stony Brook 01:32 |… Source
Is the mind an emergent property of the brain? Or is there something else going on? Robert J. Marks discusses the different theories of the mind — including materialism, panpsychism, and dualism — with Dr. Michael Egnor. Show Notes 00:37 | Introducing Dr. Michael Egnor, Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at State University of New York, Stony Brook 01:32 | Read More › Source
Caitlin, Anya, and Alan talk about a universe where they banged a physicist- and a universe where they didn’t. We also talk about Chapters 10-13 of The Golden Compass. We find out that John Calvin believed in boring things, that no cats were harmed in Schrödinger’s experiment, and #NotAllBears.The slur ‘Gypsy’ comes from a mutation of Egyptian. The Roma/ Sinti / Traveler people came from northern India, and not Africa.Anya’s equation for making gas from iron filings looks like this: With dilute H2SO4, you get a standard metal-acid redox reaction - Iron (II) Sulphate & hydrogen gas are the products: Fe (s) + H2SO4 (aq) → FeSO4 (aq) + H2 (g)Quantum Theory and The Uncertainty Principle are counter-intuitive, but have proven to be the most reliable mathematical model in Physics.Richard Feynman bragged about his womanizing in his loose autobiography ‘Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman’. He often complains that women won’t give him the sex he wants, so what is the point in being polite to them?It is unclear who said, "Anyone who claims to understand quantum theory is either lying or crazy,” but it is often attributed to Feynman.What is Schrödinger's Cat?What is the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics?What is the Many-Worlds version of String Theory?The Multiverse TropeDeepak Chopra melds counter-intuitive science with mysticism, and sells a lot of books.The last thing Stephen Hawking wrote was “A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation?” which set a limit on the number of possible universes.What are the Northern Lights?Witches?John Calvin believed in the total sovereignty of God.Wait. The Puritans were real?A concise explanation of Calvin’s view on “Free Will”.Cartesian Dualism is a thing.Does a body need a mind to exist?Nature vs NurtureCanadian Geese are trigger-happy attack-dogs with wings.Beowulf was a were-bearTexas was its own countryWhat is a Zorro?Read Chapters 14-17 for next time!!Our theme song is Clockwork Conundrum by NathanGunnFollow us on Twitter: Anya @StrangelyLiterl Cailtlin @inferiorcaitlin The Podcast @MoTPodPlease email us contact@hallowedgroundmedia.com
In this episode, we discuss with Syed Waliullah Hussaini, a philosophy postgraduate student at the University of Durham, on Cartesian dualism, consciousness, and phenomenology. Twitter: twitter.com/PremisePodcast Facebook: facebook.com/PremisePodcast Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/premisepodcast Please consider supporting Premise Podcast on Patreon to help bring philosophy to the public, and also enjoy all the benefits of becoming a patron for Premise Podcast Patreon: www.patreon.com/premisepodcast Music: Nicolas Demetriou
If you listen to the Acts Church Sermons, David's spent a lot of time talking about the prevailing idea of a "mind-body dualism," which is also called "Cartesian Dualism" as René Descartes popularized much of how philosophy looks at the connection between mind (or spirit/soul) and body today. The problem is, this belief leads to a lot of problems for Christians and society at large. So let's talk about it... 31 January, 2019
We held a faculty workshop where we explored the text "Venus in Two Acts" by Saidiya Hartman and paired it with Kindred by Octavia Butler in order to understand embodied epistemology and lived experience. We also discuss Cartesian Dualism and how to create a trauma informed classroom. Questions to consider as you listen to the podcast: How can we value our students’ embodied epistemologies/knowledges from lived experiences? Whose lived experiences are we not valuing or ignoring? How can we bring together the mind and body in our school?Support the show (https://theorymeetspracticepod.blogspot.com/)
First we will discuss how Federici analyzes Cartesian dualism and embodied epistemology in the context of her book, and then we will share ideas for how to bring these ideas into our classroom through pedagogical strategies. We will ask you 3 questions to consider as you think about these concepts translating to the classroom.Support the show (https://theorymeetspracticepod.blogspot.com/)
Episode 3 - fifty shades of brain scientists. The file size is large, please be patient whilst the podcast buffers/downloads/interacts with physical properties. In this episode, we wrap up our discussion on Plato and Aristotle. We jump forward to some more contemporary philosophy, looking into materialism and dualism. Links to all the reading can be found at www.thepanpsychist.com/panpsycast. Part I. Aristotle and Plato on the Soul (1:22), Part II. Cartesian Dualism (17:40), Part III. Materialism (37:00), Part IV. Further Discussion (53:30).
Dualism suggests that human beings are made of two independent substances, the mind and the body.
Transcript -- Dualism suggests that human beings are made of two independent substances, the mind and the body.
Part 4.3. Introduces Descartes' idea of dualism, that there is a separation between the mind and the body, as well as some of the philosophical issues surrounding this idea.
Part 4.4. Looks at some of the modern responses to Cartesian Dualism including Gilbert Ryle's and G. Strawson's responses to the idea.
Part 4.3. Introduces Descartes' idea of dualism, that there is a separation between the mind and the body, as well as some of the philosophical issues surrounding this idea.
Part 4.4. Looks at some of the modern responses to Cartesian Dualism including Gilbert Ryle's and G. Strawson's responses to the idea.