From: "Integral World" To: Subject: Animal Consciousness Date: zondag 29 april 2012 17:35 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 398 Amsterdam, April 29th, 2012 SOME FALSE NOTES - A Response to Faixat's Musicological Musings on Evolution - FRANK VISSER In his original and provocative essay "Bye-Bye, Darwin!: The Hidden Rhythm of Evolution", the Spanish mystic-author Jóse Díez Faixat defends a view of evolution that appeals to the musically and mystically inclined. Rejecting the traditional scientific view of the world based on chance and materialism, he appeals to contemparary developments in the sciences of evolution that paint a far more uplifting picture. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser48.html KEN WILBER'S EVOLUTIONARY VIEW GETS A TRIM WITH OCKHAM'S RAZOR - Part IV: The Emergence of Consciousness in Birds, Mammals and Primates - DON SALMON This is the 4th part of a series of articles exploring the limitations of Ken Wilber's evolutionary view. It is based on material from a book by Jan (my wife) and me which explored Sri Aurobindo's Integral Psychology, Yoga Psychology and the Transformation of Consciousness: Seeing Through the Eyes of Infinity. This essay consists of excerpts from the yoga psychology book which examine what contemporary scientists understand about the emergence of consciousness in birds, mammals and primates. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/salmon12.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html