61. Reality, Abstraction, Mysticism (w/ Matt Segall)

Process thinker Matt Segall joins me again to continue our ongoing metaphysical exploration of a panmatheistic universe coming to self-knowledge. Here we discuss modern science's "blind spot" with regard to direct experience vs. scientific abstraction and the problem of "misplaced concreteness" before considering the proper understanding of the role of the human in the cosmos. 0:00 Introduction2:02 "The Blind Spot": Mistaking Scientific Models for Reality12:59 The Limits of Abstraction: From Idea to Feeling34:18 Learning as Movement from Concrete to Abstract46:00 Quantum Mechanics, Misplaced Concreteness, and Conceptual Prehension58:16 The Will of the Universe to Wake Up: Towards Anthropos + Christ1:11:03 Towards a 360° Platonism1:20:50 Art, Incarnation, and the Face of God1:33:09 Next Questions Get full access to Brendan Graham Dempsey at brendangrahamdempsey.substack.com/subscribe