Conscious Evolution American Philosophy And The Future A talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

1. Conscious Evolution
American Philosophy and
the Future
From a Talk by Jeff Carreira in
New York City on June 30, 2009
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

2. In times of crisis, philosophy is not a luxury.
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

3. “The major problems in the world are the result of the
difference between the way nature works and the way
man thinks.”
Gregory Bateson
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

4. Evolution is the way nature works.
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

5. Crisis occurs when inescapable
circumstances change faster than we can.
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

6. Evolution is an inescapable circumstance.
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

7. In times of Crisis Philosophy is not a luxury
because…
Deeply held ideas, even those that have
helped us change in the past, can become a
hindrance to further change.
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

8. Our Evolutionary Crisis
Change to the Second Power
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Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

9. CHANGE
Point of
Evolutionary Crisis
Rate of Human
Change
Rate of Global
Change
TIME
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

10. In times of Evolutionary Crisis We Need…
An Evolutionary Metaphysics
And
An Evolutionary Ethics
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

11. American Philosophy has long been
occupied with the problem of navigating
the shift from a static model of the
universe to an evolutionary model of the
universe.
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

12. The Character of American
Philosophy
A Dynamic Tension between:
anti-intellectual, action-oriented utilitarianism
and
passionate, utopian idealism
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

13. 3 Foundations of an American Evolutionary
Metaphysics
1. A recognition of the continuous and unbroken
nature of the universe from the inner
experience of human beings to the outer forms
of the physical universe.
1. A recognition of the enormous evolutionary
potential inherent in the human capacity to
make conscious choices.
• A recognition of the necessity for a new
evolutionary ethics to guide human activity.
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

14. Pragmatism: The American Evolutionary Philosophy
Charles Sanders Peirce
(1839 - 1914)
William James
(1842 - 1910)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803 - 1882) John Dewey
(1859 - 1952)
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

15. Ralph Waldo Emerson
An American Nature
Evolutionary
Metaphysics Charles Sanders Peirce
Tychism, Synechism
William James
A World of Pure Experience
John Dewey
The Reflex Arc Concept
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

16. Ralph Waldo Emerson
An American Self-Reliance
Evolutionary
Ethics Charles Sanders Peirce
Agapism
William James
The Will to Believe
John Dewey
Human Nature and Conduct
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009

17. The Fall of Modernism
and the rise of
Evolutionary Spirituality
Conscious Evolution, American Philosophy, and The Future – from a talk by Jeff Carreira in New York City on June 30, 2009