Mark Vernon - Talks and Thoughts
Mark Vernon - Talks and Thoughts
Mark Vernon
On Physics, Evolution, Mind at Large & Projections - Bernardo Kastrup & Mark Vernon
2 hour 5 minutes Posted Jun 8, 2021 at 9:00 pm.
Introducing Owen Barfield and representations8:22 The modern mistaken and the meaning crisis13:38 The paradox of increased knowledge and decreased meaning17:25 Questioning uniformitarianism in physics and the laws of nature26:11 Physics in the first person and fine tuning28:42 Carlo Rovelli and relational quantum mechanics36:07 Dante's vision, consciousness and modern cosmology39:42 Panpsychism and stretching materialism44:16 Is evolution driven only by survival and random mutations?52:05 Science, intuition, evolution and participation56:31 Aesthetics in nature1:00:26 About mind at large and classical theism1:06:21 Entering the medieval worldview1:09:30 The becoming of creation and potentials are not nothing1:13:31 Divine activity and different kinds of change1:17:51 Polarities of being and becoming in God and nature1:22:36 Respecting the polarities in us1:24:10 Jung on the God of the Old Testament and New1:26:13 A critique of Jung and the evolution of monotheism1:29:30 Discussion of "The Origins and History of Consciousness" by Erich Neumann1:31:26 On not discussing privatio boni (the pushback at Jung would be that the relationship between good and evil is asymmetrical, much like the relationship between hot and cold, say)1:31:39 Introducing the role of dissociation1:31:50 Other psychological phenomena in mind at large, in particular, projection1:40:49 Projections connect with reality and the enriching role of alienation1:46:20 Bewilderment as the pathway of return1:49:25 Meaning in suffering1:49:56 Freedom, physicalism and conscious inner life1:58:50 Participation and co-creativity2:01:20 The freedom of service2:04:03 The Essentia Foundation
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An extended conversation that begins with thoughts on Owen Barfield, participation and the meaning crisis, Schopenhauer and Jung, moving through the state of modern physics, to the nature of evolution, the nature of mind at large, the role of dissociation and projections, and freedom.For more on Bernardo's work see - https://www.bernardokastrup.comFor more on Mark's work see - https://www.markvernon.comRunning order:3:18 Introducing Owen Barfield and representations8:22 The modern mistaken and the meaning crisis13:38 The paradox of increased knowledge and decreased meaning17:25 Questioning uniformitarianism in physics and the laws of nature26:11 Physics in the first person and fine tuning28:42 Carlo Rovelli and relational quantum mechanics36:07 Dante's vision, consciousness and modern cosmology39:42 Panpsychism and stretching materialism44:16 Is evolution driven only by survival and random mutations?52:05 Science, intuition, evolution and participation56:31 Aesthetics in nature1:00:26 About mind at large and classical theism1:06:21 Entering the medieval worldview1:09:30 The becoming of creation and potentials are not nothing1:13:31 Divine activity and different kinds of change1:17:51 Polarities of being and becoming in God and nature1:22:36 Respecting the polarities in us1:24:10 Jung on the God of the Old Testament and New1:26:13 A critique of Jung and the evolution of monotheism1:29:30 Discussion of "The Origins and History of Consciousness" by Erich Neumann1:31:26 On not discussing privatio boni (the pushback at Jung would be that the relationship between good and evil is asymmetrical, much like the relationship between hot and cold, say)1:31:39 Introducing the role of dissociation1:31:50 Other psychological phenomena in mind at large, in particular, projection1:40:49 Projections connect with reality and the enriching role of alienation1:46:20 Bewilderment as the pathway of return1:49:25 Meaning in suffering1:49:56 Freedom, physicalism and conscious inner life1:58:50 Participation and co-creativity2:01:20 The freedom of service2:04:03 The Essentia Foundation