The field of Evo-devo has changed evolutionary thinking pretty dramatically... it's no longer only Darwinian natural selection... check out Ron Amundson's book, it might add another layer to your argument
We are embedded in a vast tapestry. By default, we are part of the unfurling with the same force of nature that began 13 billion years ago. Remembering is an antidote for powerlessness.
Thanks! If I understand you correctly, you mention "directed variation" to get away from a random Darwinian universe guided by chance without underlying meaning, purpose and direction. Is it not possible that the direction, and meaning of the universe is contained in the potential of matter? Like a seed contains the information for a plant to grow. Darwin just came up with some laws, that work upon matter. How these laws work out completely depends on the potential of matter. Maybe this is the same as your "directed variation" because the variation that occurs is not unlimited due to the limited potential of matter. A plant can grow freely, with a certain amount of randomness, but will always be a plant.
You're dancing around the axiom my friend... Life's expressions? Absolutely. Its most potent weapon, we just need to release the Self from its own illusion of exceptionalism... Check bio for more 🌎
Of course. Here is your original reflection, combining
If a composer is asked to write a set of variations on a theme, what determines his choice? What determines how to approach the composition? In a similar way, if a scientist is looking at phenomena, what determines the perspective from which to base such a principle of variation, for example? It could be that the mind itself determines what is to be varied.
In the case of, say, a composer who chooses to vary the composition a certain way, what, in essence, is determining the principle at all? Because once the composition becomes a substantial event in the perceptual and experiential realm, then that composition becomes the subject
The field of Evo-devo has changed evolutionary thinking pretty dramatically... it's no longer only Darwinian natural selection... check out Ron Amundson's book, it might add another layer to your argument
Could you post a link to your talk once it becomes available? Thanks!
We are embedded in a vast tapestry. By default, we are part of the unfurling with the same force of nature that began 13 billion years ago. Remembering is an antidote for powerlessness.
Thanks! If I understand you correctly, you mention "directed variation" to get away from a random Darwinian universe guided by chance without underlying meaning, purpose and direction. Is it not possible that the direction, and meaning of the universe is contained in the potential of matter? Like a seed contains the information for a plant to grow. Darwin just came up with some laws, that work upon matter. How these laws work out completely depends on the potential of matter. Maybe this is the same as your "directed variation" because the variation that occurs is not unlimited due to the limited potential of matter. A plant can grow freely, with a certain amount of randomness, but will always be a plant.
You're dancing around the axiom my friend... Life's expressions? Absolutely. Its most potent weapon, we just need to release the Self from its own illusion of exceptionalism... Check bio for more 🌎
Of course. Here is your original reflection, combining
If a composer is asked to write a set of variations on a theme, what determines his choice? What determines how to approach the composition? In a similar way, if a scientist is looking at phenomena, what determines the perspective from which to base such a principle of variation, for example? It could be that the mind itself determines what is to be varied.
In the case of, say, a composer who chooses to vary the composition a certain way, what, in essence, is determining the principle at all? Because once the composition becomes a substantial event in the perceptual and experiential realm, then that composition becomes the subject