INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 838 Amsterdam, March 4rd, 2020 A TOAST TO THE DIVINE SPIRIT OF THE KOSMOS… - A Response to Frank Visser - BRAD REYNOLDS But, honestly, I see that Visser has more or less accurately represented my views in regard to Ken Wilber's work. However, he believes his reading of Wilber is more accurate; I disagree (as my past and future essays hope to outline in greater detail). But I do agree with Frank that Wilber has made some fundamental errors in trying to mix Spirit and science in ways that appear untenable. I contend they should each be allowed to make their own contributions, and then integrate them as providing valuable knowledge from their own domains of epistemological pluralism. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/reynolds23.html INTEGRAL ACCOMMODATIONISM - A Response to Brad Reynolds - FRANK VISSER Can "empirical evolution" and "transcendental Spirit" be integrated at all? Or do these represent two different domains which can live happily and peacefully next to eachother, as long as they don't trespass on the other domain? This trespassing into forbidden terrain can have two versions: category mistake #1: the denial of the existence of Spirit by science, and category mistake #2: the introduction of Spirit into the scientific equation. Reynolds accuses me of committing the first category error, but I believe that is not the case. I don't deny Spirit; I deny its relevance for science. And that brings me to the second category error: both Reynolds and I believe (and agree on this) that Wilber has erroneously and frequently introduced the notion of Spirit into scientific discussions—or perhaps we should say: monologues about how integral theory should approach science. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser162.html