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Newsletter Nr. 1.439
Amsterdam, November 5, 2025


The Problem of Integral Developmentalism - A Response to Steve McIntosh on Islam - Frank Visser / ChatGPT

In his recent essay “Fostering Evolution in Islamic Societies”, Steve McIntosh once again applies his familiar framework of “evolution in consciousness” to a global religious and political question. His basic thesis is that the Islamic world, still largely operating from a “traditional” or “premodern” worldview, can only overcome its present crises by evolving toward a “post-postmodern” or “integrative” stage of development.

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The Quicksand Cathedral - A Devastating Critique of Bernardo Kastrup's Analytic Idealism - Frank Visser / Grok

Bernardo Kastrup erects a metaphysical cathedral whose spires pierce the clouds of consciousness studies, yet the entire edifice rests on quicksand. His analytic idealism—sold as the parsimonious salvation of metaphysics—promises to dissolve the hard problem, reconcile science with meaning, and restore ontology to its rightful mental ground. Instead, it multiplies mysteries, inverts evolution, and collapses under the weight of its own contradictions.

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https://www.integralworld.net/visser637.html