INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 835 Amsterdam, February 25th, 2020 NEO-DARWINISM INCOMPLETE, HENCE SPIRIT EXISTS? - Brief Comments on Taylor's "Beyond Neo-Darwinism" - FRANK VISSER British psychologist and author Steve Taylor, contributor to Integral World, sent me a new essay "Beyond Neo-Darwinism", which I was happy to post on this website. Not because I agree with his views, but because they resonate with what Ken Wilber has argued in relationship to science, and especially Neo-Darwinism. Though Taylors "Perhaps the theory of spiritual evolution provides a little more explanation." is more modest and sympathetic than Wilbers "the only theory that can actually explain the mysteries of evolution satisfactorily", they both share the same worldview: Spirit-first. Both see the Neo-Darwinist model as incapable of explaining life's complexities. His earlier essay "Beyond Materialism" gives a further elucidation of his philosophy. I have responded with "Spiritual science is a contradiction in terms"—which more or less indicates where our loyalties rest. In the current essay he mentions a few items regarding evolutionary science, which invite some brief comments. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser160.html