I am using the term philosophy in its old sense of ‘love of wisdom’, not the arid stuff that provides the content of many so-called philosophy books.

Articles

Science and Spirituality – Complementary or Contradictory?

I wrote this essay in 2002. It still seems largely valid, although some of the references now appear dated.

Posts

The following lists posts in the categories of philosophy, psychology, spirituality, religion, science, astrology, arts.

• Aluna (4/4/2020)
• The five freedoms (4/3/2020)
• Dalai Lama’s message (4/2/2020)
• In Tune with the Infinite (4/1/2020)
• Finding ourselves (3/25/2020)
• Rumi’s way of the heart (3/24/2020)
• Tagore Grove (3/14/2020)
• Chickens coming home (3/13/2020)
• Taking Appearance Seriously (2/25/2020)
• The coronavirus outbreak – the economic impact (2/23/2020)
• When the dog looks (2/19/2020)
• All about the numbers (2/6/2020)
• The benefits of reading (or studying) philosophy (2/4/2020)
• Enantiodromia (1/31/2020)
• A Berlin Wall Moment? (1/24/2020)
• Kindness, compassion, and post-truth (1/20/2020)
• God and good (1/16/2020)
• Crystallised thinking? (1/7/2020)
• Climate Stripes (12/28/2019)
• The Flip (12/14/2019)
• Kindness is key to health and happiness, and it’s free! (11/29/2019)
• The Magic of Vézelay (11/27/2019)
• The One Reality (11/26/2019)
• Action Replay (11/22/2019)
• The Modern Flat Earthers (11/21/2019)
• Think before you post. (11/18/2019)
• Making the Human Race Whole (11/13/2019)
• Power of Words (11/7/2019)
• The Magic of Psychosynthesis (11/1/2019)
• Multiple Me’s? (10/30/2019)
• The Big Egos (10/9/2019)
• Ever Flowing (9/18/2019)
• Sustainability and Evolution (7/10/2019)
• Hope and Fear (6/26/2019)
• Time of Crisis (6/21/2019)
• The Weight of Our Sins (5/30/2019)
• Climate Emergency (5/28/2019)
• Thrive (5/27/2019)
• Where is the wisdom we have lost? (5/26/2019)
• Humanity’s biggest own goals (5/25/2019)
• The Art of Life (5/20/2019)
• Looking at aging with the glass half full (5/13/2019)
• Pluto might be a planet again. Or not. (5/8/2019)
• The glass IS half full (5/3/2019)
• The Water Will Come (4/16/2019)
• Notre Dame de Paris (4/15/2019)
• Thoughts have consequences (2/14/2019)
• Gödel, Maths and Physics (1/23/2019)
• If (1/22/2019)
• The Grump (1/7/2019)
• Uncle Will (1/1/2019)
• Prejudiced, moi? (12/30/2018)
• True science and religion are complementary (12/28/2018)
• The Web of Life Paradigm (12/22/2018)
• Winning (12/14/2018)
• Interview with René Descartes (12/7/2018)
• In the groove (11/23/2018)
• How to lead a good life, from an unlikely source (11/15/2018)
• Gratitude (11/14/2018)
• Liver Birds (11/9/2018)
• Pan-what’s-it-ism (11/6/2018)
• Never despair (11/5/2018)
• Mind and Matter (11/3/2018)
• Are Humans Special? (10/31/2018)
• Psychopathic and Narcissistic Leaders (10/30/2018)
• The End Times (10/26/2018)
• Consciousness (10/23/2018)
• Exploring Ontology (10/16/2018)
• Instinct and Intuition (10/10/2018)
• The blogging persona (10/5/2018)
• To Live is to Choose (10/4/2018)
• The Meaning of Persons (10/3/2018)
• Person (10/1/2018)
• Lying to Save Others (9/28/2018)
• Fibonacci Grape Pips? (9/27/2018)
• Faith (9/19/2018)
• Metanoia (9/15/2018)
• The Inner Life of Animals (9/8/2018)
• Looking for a Lesson (8/26/2018)
• What’s primary? (8/13/2018)
• Competition and Co-operation (8/11/2018)
• Be Gentle with your Mind (8/8/2018)
• Cistercian Simplicity (7/28/2018)
• Truth (7/24/2018)
• What’s Living? (7/23/2018)
• Judgmentalism reveals our insecurities (7/20/2018)
• Polarity (7/20/2018)
• Can computers ever be conscious? (7/18/2018)
• Another Place, Another Time (6/22/2018)
• An Inspector Calls (6/20/2018)
• Empathy (6/18/2018)
• Metta (6/7/2018)
• Hope (6/6/2018)
• Irritation and Imperil (6/5/2018)
• Talking to My Daughter About the Economy (6/4/2018)
• The foraging blackbird (6/2/2018)
• The Bird of Joy (6/1/2018)
• The Common Core (5/29/2018)
• 8 Golden Rules for being a Buddhist Stoic. (5/26/2018)
• Reality Is Not What It Seems (5/25/2018)