• The Fullness of Life

  • Jun 7 2024
  • Duración: 34 m
  • Podcast

  • Resumen

  • At school, we learn that being alive is to possess certain functions, from respiration to reproduction. But what is life and why can the word “life” be used more widely than referring only to biological life? In the latest episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon consider the meaning of saying that stars have a lifecycle, and that rocks and atoms can be ascribed a biography, in that they undergo processes of becoming. They discuss A.N. Whitehead’s argument that so-called inanimate objects need to be considered as organisms and that life must also include the experience of being alive, which is to say consciousness and mentality. The powers of nature and the connection of all life, not least in terms of the idea of Gaia, lead them to ask how God can be said to be the origin and sustainer of life. Asking what life is dramatically expands the notion of life and the awesome nature of being alive.

    00:00 Introduction
    00:26 Criteria of Life
    01:19 Life Beyond Biology
    02:26 Life Cycle of Stars
    03:03 Theological Perspectives on Life
    04:08 Greek Concepts of Life: Zoe and Bios
    06:18 Life in the Universe
    08:18 Gaia Hypothesis
    10:10 Atoms and Molecules as Life
    12:19 Panpsychism
    14:30 Life and Consciousness
    17:42 God and Life
    19:10 Creative Process and Life
    20:28 Diversity and Unity of Life
    26:42 Modern Mechanistic Materialism vs. Expanded View of Life
    32:57 Conclusion

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