Van: "Integral World" Aan: Onderwerp: The Materialist Agenda Datum: zondag 4 januari 2015 14:06 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 541 Amsterdam, January 4th, 2015 THE REMAINDER CONJECTURE - Driving Science to the Brink of an Epistemological Cul de Sac - DAVID LANE I should say right from the outset that I favor a decidedly physicalist approach to the study of consciousness and that I think those on a spiritual path are better served than they might at first suspect by those championing intertheoretic reductionism, even if such a narrow focus will not resolve the hard question of qualia and why we have self reflective awareness. In this regard, I am advocating what I call “The Remainder Conjecture,” which stresses that we exhaust any and all physical explanations first before succumbing to what Paul Kurz called “The transcendental temptation” where we prematurely jump ship and opt for supermundane explanations for erstwhile mundane events. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane82.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