Van: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net] Verzonden: zondag 6 februari 2011 16:39 Aan: f.visser3@upcmail.nl Onderwerp: [personal] Arguments from Ignorance INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 347 Amsterdam, February 6th, 2011 ARGUMENTS FROM IGNORANCE - The "Frisky Dirt" Discussion So Far - Frank Visser Both Wilber and Astin resort, in the end, to Arguments from Ignorance, in that they state: we know so little of the processes of nature, and of the causes for mutations in particular, that it is reasonable to suggest that one of these causes may be spiritual or Divine. (which one of these causes in particular and specifically is never spelled out, unfortunately). Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser41.html DOES EVOLUTION HAVE A DIRECTION? WHERE IS IT GOING? - Andy Smith Wilber, like several others before him, perhaps most notably Sri Aurobindo (1985), embraces evolution, and seeks to explain it by appealing to higher consciousness... David Lane has pointed out that Wilber's evolutionary views do not simply supplement scientific theory, which I regard as a valid undertaking, but in several key places openly contradict it. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/smith30.html WHO DEFINES THE QUESTION? REPLY TO THE LANES, ASTIN AND VISSER - Andreas Freund I am puzzled to see that this fight of evolutionism against creationism is still going on. We know that is always room for "one and the other" instead of "one or the other" if we are willing to set aside our ego. If you ask the question to nature: is the electron a particle with a certain mass or is it a wave without mass showing interference phenomena? Nature kindly replies: "As you like, my dear, choose your experiment". Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/freund1.html An ADDTHIS button has been placed at the top-left of the homepage, so you can send this site to your social neworks friends easily. If you know other people interested in this Integral World Newsletter, please forward this mail to them. Thanks. To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php