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Newsletter Nr. 1.372
Amsterdam, July 1, 2025


From Spirit to Sediment - Ken Wilber's Confused Metaphysics of Involution, Emanation, and Incarnation - Frank Visser / ChatGPT

[A]ccording to the traditions, this entire process of evolution or “un-folding” could never occur without a prior process of involution or “in-folding.” Not only can the higher not be explained in terms of the lower, and not only does the higher not actually emerge “out of” the lower, but the reverse of both of those is true, according to the traditions. 

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https://www.integralworld.net/visser508.html


Down the Rabbit Hole - Interlocutions With the White Rabbit and Mad Hatter - Where's the Beer? - Joseph Dillard

While my previous essay, “Three Blind Philosophers Walk into a Bar..”, focused on the ubiquity of metaphysical assumptions and why they are unavoidable, in this essay, which is a response to Visser's response, “Bad Metaphysics By Any Other Name…,” to the above essay, I want to step back further and approach the issue from the broader perspective of problem-solving in general.

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https://www.integralworld.net/dillard137.html