Van: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net] Verzonden: zaterdag 29 oktober 2011 19:43 Aan: f.visser3@upcmail.nl Onderwerp: [personal] Inside Outside INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 377 Amsterdam, October 29th, 2011 INSIDE OUTSIDE - Sam Harris' Dilemma or Why Consciousness is a Mobius Strip in a Dyadic Melody - DAVID LANE Is the very notion of a “scientific” study of consciousness oxymoronic from the start? Or, is it just one half of a Mobius-like endeavor that can never succeed unless the fundamental subjectivity inherent in such self-reflective awareness also takes central stage in what appears to be dyadic melody, where being the instrument and listening to the instrument are indissolubly intertwined? Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane28.html READY TO USE FOR ART - Making Artistic Intelligence - SALLY BAIN 'What's the use in art?' is the beginning of an essay I wrote early this century, draft one of the offering here before you. Needless to say most art lovers are horrified by this question; art is not a product, they argue, it should be exempt from commercial considerations. They have a point, but my fashion industry background, with its economically strong 'ready to wear', spectacularly promoting, protecting and funding its 'haute couture', has me wondering why we can't have both. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/bain2.html A CALL TO SECOND TIER - An open letter to the Integral Scholars community - LEXI NEALE I have an essay posted on Integral World titled "The AQAL Cube, A Second Tier Differentiation Of Ken Wilber's AQAL Square". The essay is dedicated to you, the practitioners of Integral Theory, wherein I make the case that Integral Theory as currently practiced is from a material First Tier perspective, as per the AQAL Square; and that when Integral Theory transcends/includes to a non-material Second Tier perspective, the Integral Model will unfold a Bigger Picture as embraced by the AQAL Cube. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/neale2.html PRAJNA ON THE LEFT? In Reply and Gratitude to Raphael Foshay - DANIEL ANDERSON The category of the post-metaphysical is unsettled. This is good news. How so? In “Such a Body,” I argue that even though Wilber claims his doctrine to be post-metaphysical, it is not so because that doctrine relies on a historicist ontology which can only be described as metaphysical. I then propose the outline of a post-metaphysical integral theory which is predicated on an attempt to express the Buddhist doctrine of dependent origination or co- causality through the discourse of Marxist (and other post-Hegelian) categories. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/anderson8.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