From: Integral World [f.visser3@chello.nl]
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Subject: [personal] David Lane Returns

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Newsletter Nr. 176
Amsterdam, December 24, 2006



WILBER WATCH BLOG: "DAVID LANE RETURNS"
http://wilberwatch.blogspot.com/



WILBER AND THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF EVOLUTION - David Lane, 1996

David Lane, a sociology professor and former-Wilber-fan-turned-critic around 1996, was one 
of the first strong critics of Wilber's treatment of biology and other fields of science. 
From that original series of essays:

"What makes Wilber's remarks on evolution so egregious is not that he is more or less a 
closet creationist with Buddhist leanings, but that he so maligns and misrepresents the 
current state of evolutionary biology, suggesting that he is somehow on top of what is 
currently going on in the field. And Wilber does it by exaggeration, by false statements, 
and by rhetoric license."

As is well known, Wilber often complains about being misrepresented by his critics. 
The opposite question therefore becomes relevant: to what extent does Wilber misrepresent 
the positions he has criticized himself? Evolutionary biology is a case in point.

Read more:
http://www.integralworld.net/lane1.html


RESPONSE TO TOM FLOYD - David Lane, 2006

I have republished Lane's 1996 essay on Integral World, together with a response from 
Tom Floyd, and David Lane decided to write a fresh response to Floyd, which has been 
posted as well now. From this response:

"So I completely disagree with you when you claim that I am suggesting that we "totally" 
discount Wilber as regards evolution, or any subject for that matter. No, I am simply 
pointing out a fundamental mistake he has made and that it should be corrected. There 
is no reason to see this as "adversial" just as I shouldn't see your critique of what 
I have written as "adversial." You have done me a service and I see no reason why Wilber 
isn't better served by critics pointing out his varying weaknesses. "

Let the debate continue...

Read more:
http://www.integralworld.net/lane2.html


Other recent additions to the Reading Room:

12/22/06: The German translation by Hape Lin of my essay "Reincarnation and the Spheres" 
has been added to the German Section. 


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