Van: Integral World [f.visser3@upcmail.nl] Verzonden: zondag 16 oktober 2011 20:12 Aan: f.visser3@upcmail.nl Onderwerp: [personal] Limits of Science INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 375 Amsterdam, October 16th, 2011 SALMON ON SCIENCE - ANONYMOUS Many contemporary writings about evolution by scientists and non-scientists who oppose the teaching of "intelligent design" in US public schools include discussions of the distinction between methodological naturalism and ontological naturalism. The authors I have in mind never fail to state that to posit that there is no God and no supernatural or supranatural entities and forces is to go beyond methodological naturalism. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/anon1.html REPLY TO 'ANONYMOUS' - DON SALMON I especially like anon's conclusion: "Let us confess our ignorance." But shouldn't that confession of ignorance include a confession of ignorance about the idea that "There is always an interpretative process at work whenever anyone makes any kind of assertions based on deep meditative, contemplative, or mystical experience." Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/salmon6.html DO WE NEED AN ABSOLUTE? A Response and Extension to Lane and Salmon - ANDREW P. SMITH Don Salmon's "Shaving Science with Occam's Razor" proposes five guiding principles or conclusions about our relationship with reality (or lack of same). He puts them forward as a way of pointing out limits to the scientific worldview. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/smith35.html THE POST-METAPHYSICAL MEANING OF SOUL AND SPIRIT - In the Kosmic Mandala - JOE CORBETT There are many notions and concepts we have about the world that are given by our cultural heritage or ideological background, and are taken for granted as unquestioned and self-evident truths. The ideas of soul and spirit usually fall under this category, even among those who are considered spiritually learned. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/corbett5.html PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN INTEGRAL CULTURAL CRITICISM - Departing from Spheres of Awareness - DANIEL GUSTAV ANDERSON Lough and Herron's volume takes up an issue that is of central importance to integral thinking: the cultural and the literary. It is an uneven effort. The problems in Spheres of Awareness, however, indicate potential directions for productive work in the future. How so? Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/anderson7.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