From: "Integral World" To: Subject: On Wilber's Defence Date: maandag 3 december 2012 17:42 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 424 Amsterdam, December 3rd, 2012 WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS... - A BRIEF RESPONSE TO H.B. AUGUSTINE'S DEFENCE OF KEN WILBER'S THEORY OF EVERYTHING - Frank Visser H.B. Augustine's essays on Integral World display an extreme confidence in the power of the human mind, or at least his own, to fathom the mysteries of God, Spirit and the Absolute. He has dealt with ontology, theology, philosphy, metaphysics, ethics and more—all from an integral point of view. Recently he also published essays touching on scientific matters: in "Evolution, God and Morality" and "In Defence of Ken Wilber's Integral Theory of Everything" he commented on the theory of evolution, as currently understood by science. Leave it to Augustine to find a proof for the existence of God. He will find it for you in the most unlikely of circumstances. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser52.html THE SHIVA NATURE OF SCIENCE - EXPLORING THE MULTIPLE FORMS OF GATHERING KNOWLEDGE - David Christopher Lane and Andrea Diem-Lane It is one of the curious oddities of our time that we talk so much about the scientific method as if it is one singular entity when, in point of practice, it is anything but. The ultimate linchpin in science is decided not by how we go about doing it, but about how well our hunches, observations, and results tally with the universe we observe and, in turn, how such intellectual lurches compare and contrast with other competing stratagems in terms of yielding more, not less, information. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane38.html TANTRA, DZOGCHEN AND THE WORLDVIEW OF THE INCONCEIVABLE - Barclay Powers One of the most interesting aspects of examining Integral Theory, through the lens of postmodern philosophy, is that the analysis of the flaws is often accurate, but simultaneously negates the position of the original postmodern viewpoint itself. Unfortunately, the postmodern perspective results in an absence of meaning or purpose based on the negation of absolutes. Assuming that the absolute cannot be experienced, understood, or described because of contextual relativism and the limitations of language, also completely negates the meditation paradigm of knowledge acquisition, which is heavily emphasized by Integral Theory. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/powers5.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 ----- Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 2012.0.2221 / Virusdatabase: 2634/5434 - datum van uitgifte: 12/03/12