Matthew Segall: Cosmology, Consciousness, and Whitehead's God

Matthew David Segall returns to the podcast after 8 years! It was a blast to talk with Matt about his new book and a bunch of other process-related goodness. When you get done listening make sure you check out his YouTube channel and the new book. How did Matt end up with cosmological questions finding Alfred North Whitehead through Terence Mckenna "Whitehead is like Psychadelics, you shouldn't jump into them alone" the allure of Whitehead's vision of mind in nature the potential of a process engagement with different sciences Tripp talks about how part five of Process & Reality feels like a philosophical revival sermon the limits of science and problem of repressed reductive metaphysics what does Whitehead mean by a philosophy of organism the hot spring hypothesis for the origin of life what is in the concept 'world-soul' how does Whitehead help one think of life after physical death how Whitehead came to affirm God Matt shares the story of his own wrestling with Christianity and his reflection on the future of the faith... 'a non-denominational non-institutionalized Christian' what do we make about the power and problems that come with a religious tradition Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices