"The Religions of the World and Ecology conference series, hosted by the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School, was the result of research conducted at the CSWR over a three-year period (1996-1998)... ... The enormous challenges posed by the environmental crisis in its many complex and interlinking aspects have … Continue reading RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD AND ECOLOGY BOOK SERIES
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Eights in the Octagon: Medieval and Renaissance Perspectives
Curated by: Chiara Franceschini, Catherine Keen, and Sophie Page, with William Maclehose and Alison Wright. Inspired by the Octagon’s shape and location, historians of science and culture investigate the number eight as a significant principle in Medieval and Renaissance systems of measurement, cosmology, design and creativity. End Date: 30th June 2015 Opening Hours: 6am-9pm Admission: … Continue reading Eights in the Octagon: Medieval and Renaissance Perspectives
Graham Harman: Objects and the Arts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ0GR9bf00g ICA London Published on 27 Mar 2014 Contemporary American philosopher Graham Harman, the leading figure associated with the metaphysical movement object-oriented ontology, delivers his lecture Objects and the Arts. In this lecture the founder of object-oriented philosophy will discuss the implications of this philosophy for the arts. After explaining why objects are withheld from … Continue reading Graham Harman: Objects and the Arts
Neurologica blog
"Your daily dose of neuroscience, skepticism and critical thinking" http://theness.com/neurologicablog/ by Steven Novella "Dr. Novella is an academic clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine. He is the president and co-founder of the New England Skeptical Society. He is the host and producer of the popular weekly science podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the … Continue reading Neurologica blog
Neutral Theory: The Null Hypothesis of Molecular Evolution
http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/community-ecology-13228209 In the decades since its introduction, the neutral theory of evolution has become central to the study of evolution at the molecular level, in part because it provides a way to make strong predictions that can be tested against actual data. The neutral theory holds that most variation at the molecular level does not … Continue reading Neutral Theory: The Null Hypothesis of Molecular Evolution
Let the Hyper-Object flow through one ear and out of the other and see what sticks
A talk by Tim Morton at the Architectural Association, London, February 4, 201 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3F08B097CF75A7AD Also see his website http://www.ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.co.uk/
046 – Inbetweenisode 11 – Steven Novella
https://soundcloud.com/youarenotsosmart/046-inbetweenisode-11-steven-novella In this inbetweenisode you will hear an excerpt from a lecture I gave at DragonCon2014 and an interview with neurologist and host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Steven Novella who discusses the psychology and neuroscience behind conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists.
Extended Mind
I'm really enjoying the Extended Mind (Ed. Menary) and Supersizing the Mind (Clark) collections of essays. Thinking about object based learning for my workshops led me to this territory and it is remarkable how much it all resonates with my reading of James, Dewey and Mead and how it has influenced my thinking about creative … Continue reading Extended Mind
TEDxWarwick – Sir Roger Penrose – Space-Time Geometry and a New Cosmology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBkOYQ02chs Sir Roger Penrose is one of the world's leading mathematical physicists. He is also joint winner of the Wolf prize with Stephen Hawking for their contribution to our understanding of the universe. Some of his discoveries include Penrose Tiling, Twistor theory and works about the geometry of spacetime. He is also a recreational mathematician … Continue reading TEDxWarwick – Sir Roger Penrose – Space-Time Geometry and a New Cosmology
Merleau Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception
Hubert Dreyfus on Merleau Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception series of 30 lectures by the Heideggerian and author of "What Computers still can't do" and "On the Internet" Nature and Natural Science in Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology. Professor Thomas Baldwin (York) talk from the Human Experience and Nature, Royal Institute of Philosophy Conference 2011, UWE, Bristol. Science Friction: … Continue reading Merleau Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception
Joey O'Gorman 