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Trusting the senses
I haven’t been able to forget a comment David Abram made during his keynote at a conference I attended in the spring. He said even science, devoted as it is to studying the material world, in practice acts as if … Continue reading
Posted in nature, spirituality
Tagged animism, attitudes toward nature, Brian Greene, David Abram, Descartes, Plato, science, science and religion
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A spirituality of THIS world
This week’s posts have been about astrophysics–what scientists are finding out about cosmology and how the universe is put together. You may wonder: What is physics doing in a nature and spirituality blog? My answer: Focusing on THIS world–or this … Continue reading
Posted in nature, spirituality
Tagged attitudes toward nature, Descartes, dualism, mind-body dualism, Plato, science and religion
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