I’m thinking about 6 sessions of roughly 2 hours. Cost around 160$. Sometime on Thursdays. We would probably start early November.
Now, before opening and publicizing the course, what I’d like to do here is gauge interest, so please, let me know in the comments if you’d be interested. Also, please let me know what kind of time slot would work best for you (including your timezone please). I’m pretty flexible and I’m guessing that evenings would be best for most people, but I don’t have a great idea of the different timezones people are in.Aquinas & Neoplatonism — With Gaven KerrJ.P. Marceau2022-12-18 | Gaven Kerr answers some of my questions about how Aquinas might solve some of the problems facing his neoplatonic predecessors.
My previous conversation about Aquinas and neoplatonism with John Vervaeke: youtu.be/lx9JEwRvRWIThe Symbolism of Work: Ep. 3 — With Ryan BartonJ.P. Marceau2022-12-16 | I continue my explorations into the symbolism of work with Ryan Barton, who's been thinking about about work and meaning for much longer than I have!
Let me know what you think about this, it could be useful for the rest of the series.
Derek's channel: youtube.com/c/DerekJFiedlerAquinas & Neoplatonism Part I w/ John VervaekeJ.P. Marceau2022-10-22 | In this mind bender of a conversation, John Vervaeke and I discuss a book by W. Norris Clarke on Aquinas. We try to drill down on the problem of emanation, and especially on whether Aquinas can answer better than Plotinus did. It wasn't easy, so we'll have to do a follow up 😅
John's channel: youtube.com/user/johnvervaekeLove, Panpsychism and Neoplatonism w/ John VervaekeJ.P. Marceau2022-06-14 | Back with John Vervaeke to discuss panpsychism and neoplatonism! I outline an argument I recently made to go beyond panpsychism into neoplatonism, and John asks great clarification questions, as always. Conversation ensues!
Gender & the transcendence of form: communio-icr.com/files/43.2_DCS.pdfMiracles 3: Christian Naturalism? Just One More Layer?! w/ Vanderklay and VervaekeJ.P. Marceau2021-09-08 | Paul, John and I circumambulate around teleology and Easter, to see how close naturalism and Christianity can get to one another.
References: Bible, Luke’s Gospel, 24:13-32 American Optometric Association. Infant Vision: Birth to 24 Months of Age. aoa.org/patients-and-public/good-vision-throughout-life/childrens-vision/infant-vision-birth-to-24-months-of-age Noë, Alva. Out of Our Heads, at 47 and following. Hill and Wang, 2009. amazon.ca/dp/B003D0B83M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Kendrick, Mandy. Tasting the Light. Scientific American, 2009, August. scientificamerican.com/article/device-lets-blind-see-with-tongues Bach-y-Rita and Neuroplasticity, YouTube, 2012, December youtube.com/watch?v=7s1VAVcM8s8 Fonagy, Peter and Target, Mary. Attachment and Reflective Function: Their Role in Self-Organization, Development and Psychology, 1997. partiallyexaminedlife.com/wp-content/uploads/Fonagy-Attachment-and-reflective-function-Their-role-in-self-organization.pdf Haidt, Jonathan and Joseph, Craig. The Moral Mind: How 5 Sets of Innate Moral Intuitions Duide the Development of Many Culture-Apecific Cirtues, and Perhaps Even Modules. In P. Carruthers, S. Laurence, & S. Stich (Eds.), The innate mind (Vol. 3, pp. 367–391). 2006, December. http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~evos/pdffiles/EvoS%20spring%2007%20pdfs/Haidt/Haidt2.pdf Pageau, Jonathan. “Jordan Peterson and the Stories We Live In”, YouTube, 2020, July. youtube.com/watch?v=pTsRnW6baO0 Marceau, Jean-Philippe. “Joyful Suffering in Christ – How the Cross Brings Cosmic Meaning to Our Afflictions”, The Symbolic World Blog, 2020, June. youtube.com/watch?v=74q0T9W9r2c&t=2s Marceau, Jean-Philippe. “Rediscovering Forms”, The Symbolic World Blog, April, 2020. youtube.com/watch?v=V0XZRvSFBag&t=2sThe Symbolism of Cell Tower Arson (The Symbolic World Blog)J.P. Marceau2020-06-09 | Text version: thesymbolicworld.com/articles/the-symbolism-of-cell-tower-arson Previous post; Rediscovering Forms: youtube.com/watch?v=V0XZRvSFBagThe Symbolism of the Active and the Contemplative with Jacob RussellJ.P. Marceau2020-06-02 | Jacob Russell and I discuss John and Peter, Mary and Martha, East and West, the Inner and the Outer, Heaven and Earth.Rediscovering FormsJ.P. Marceau2020-04-29 | Blog post: thesymbolicworld.com/articles/rediscovering-forms Check out the blog: thesymbolicworld.com/articlesSt-Maximus on Scripture as a PersonJ.P. Marceau2020-03-14 | Video on Heaven and Earth in Christian Panpsychism: youtube.com/watch?v=i9ggv0ZBjPo Book: amazon.com/Ecclesiastical-Mystagogy-Theological-Confessor-Patristics/dp/0881416479Intro to Process PanpsychismJ.P. Marceau2020-03-01 | Dry run for a presentation I'll give in a few weeks on process panpsychism. To learn more (besides watching more of my videos :p) I'd recommend Milic Capek's book "Bergson and Modern Physics: A Reinterpretation and Reevaluation".On the Personhood of the One with John Vervaeke and Mary KochanJ.P. Marceau2020-02-02 | In this second group discussion with John Vervaeke (youtube.com/user/johnvervaeke/featured) and Mary Kochan (youtube.com/channel/UC2leFZRD0ZlQDQxpR2Zd8oA), we discuss relevance realization in the Ground of Being. On other words; personalism in the One. Our previous discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=znNqRYSKB7k I hope you find it useful, JPEriugena & the Deep Continuity of Relevance RealizationJ.P. Marceau2020-01-25 | My first video on Eriugena: youtu.be/0u3PDmZQ_Cw. I explore the idea of a continuity of relevance realization in the chain of Being, from probability fields to the Inexhaustible, using Eriugena's doctrine of creation.Eriugenas Symbolic Reading of the Days of CreationJ.P. Marceau2020-01-15 | If you wanna learn more about Eriugena, I recommend Sergei Shushkov's Ph.D. Thesis (http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7070/1/2015SushkovPhd.pdf). Especially pages 217 and onwards where he directly talks about God's rest.In Opponent Processing with Mary Kochan and John VerveakeJ.P. Marceau2019-12-10 | 1:33 pride, arrogance, & certainty 11:27 grounding the human quest on metaphysics or science 23:44 is the AI community scientistic? 25:40 the inevitability of AI 36:26 the interplay of engineering and human self-understanding. Idolatry? 54:40 scaling, or what about the bozos at the bus stop? 1:01:40 the phenomenological difference of religious commitment leads to a discussion on 1:16:00 a discussion on the miraculous and existential risks 1:23:45 the surprising existential viability of apostolic christianity, and opponent processing in this corner of the internet, especially at 1:31:21 1:35:47 opponent processing in the old testament 1:43:25 the personalism of the ground of being 1:48:25 the break of the analogy between us and the ground of being 1:52:35 defining Being 1:55:05 relationality in Being? 1:57:00 the question of "person" Mary's channel: youtube.com/channel/UC2leFZRD0ZlQDQxpR2Zd8oA John's channel: youtube.com/user/johnvervaekeHeaven and Earth in Christian PanpsychismJ.P. Marceau2019-11-29 | I attempt to map some ideas from the Pageau brothers and René Girard onto Christian panpsychism. Matthieu's book is titled "The Language of Creation" Jonathan's channel: youtube.com/user/pageaujonathan I renomment René Girard's book "I See Satan Fall Like Lightning" And of course, I strongly recommend St-Paul's letters, especially Ephesians :)Trying to Answer John Vervaeke with Mary KochanJ.P. Marceau2019-11-22 | Mary Kochan and I come back on several issues raised in my last discussion with John Vervaeke. Mary's channel: youtube.com/channel/UC2leFZRD0ZlQDQxpR2Zd8oA My last conversation with John: youtube.com/watch?v=DWg8-VxnOogWrestling with Hard Metaphysical Issues with John Vervaeke, Ep. 3J.P. Marceau2019-10-30 | John and I keep exploring the ontologies of naturalism and Christianity. Don't miss the last 25 minutes, as John makes what is by far the best anti-theist argument I have ever heard (50:30). I believe I will both enjoy and find beneficial wrestling with it in the coming weeks or months. Suggestions and criticisms are very welcome. Hope that was useful, and thanks for listening.Bridging Between Naturalism and Christianity with John VervaekeJ.P. Marceau2019-08-17 | In our second discussion, John and I attempt to figure out the bridges between his position and Christianity. We do so both ontologically and existentially.
Previous discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=XccFYuTGskc Video wrap-up of the first discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=z35umuP1rXkKnitting the Natural and Supernatural Back TogetherJ.P. Marceau2019-08-03 | As Vervaeke points out, the meaning crisis in the west was augured in by Aquinas' distinction between the natural/reason and supernatural/faith. In this video, I attempt to bridge the gap by calling on Aquinas himself, Bergson, and David Bentley Hart. In later videos I will take much more time to elaborate on David Bentley Hart's work.Taking Metaphysical and Existential Risks with Vervaeke and BergsonJ.P. Marceau2019-08-03 | Both Vervaeke's and Bergson's ontologies are viable. Bergson is however willing to take more risks, and gets more in return. This is true ontologically and also existentially. As far as the meaning crisis goes, Vervaeke's position can actually facilitate holding Bergson's by giving it a viable fallback, which, after all, still points towards the cultivation of virtue and wisdom. Thus, the very real existential risk of accepting Bergson's non naturalism can be strongly mitigated.Panpsychism and the Meaning Crisis w/ John VervaekeJ.P. Marceau2019-07-20 | John and I follow up on my conversation with Paul Vanderklay (youtube.com/watch?v=M6QmOWI2Ysw) with an in-depth discussion on panpsychism and the meaning crisis.The Combination Problem for Panpsychism, the Bergsonian Solution, and the Price to PayJ.P. Marceau2019-07-14 | Panpsychism Combination Problem Evolution of Consciousness Philip Goff Spatial Solution to the Phenomenal Bonding Problem Bergson Condensation and Fragmentation NaturalismPanpsychism and Why Its Coming BackJ.P. Marceau2019-07-14 | Panpsychism Elegance: fills the ontological void of physics Avoid causal closure argument Avoids magical emergence Meaning crisis: panpsychism puts us back in the fabric of the world, and gives us our agency back