Evolutionary Theory, Esalen Center for Theory & Research

Conference Summary: Evolutionary Theory - October 5 to 10, 2003

Conference Introduction and Overview | A New Way of "Explaining" Evolution | Ontological Emergence and the Failure of Reductionism | A Natural Hierarchy of Dispositions and Nondual Co-Emergence | Western Perspectives on Self, Subjectivity, and Intersubjectivity | Buddhist and Phenomenological Perspectives on Mind and Self | Evolution and the Extra-ordinary Capacities of Body and Mind | The Challenges and Rewards in Science and Spirituality Dialogues | Teleology and Purpose in Evolution (Telos) | Conclusion: The Who, What, Where, Why, and When of Value |

Conference Summary: Evolutionary Theory - June 23 to 28, 2002

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Conference Summary: Evolutionary Theory - November 4 to 9, 2001

Conference Overview |

Conference Summary: Evolutionary Theory - November 5-10, 2000

Conference Overview | Consciousness and Evolution | The Evolution of Epistemology | The Role of the Body in Consciousness and the Evolution of the Immune System | Cosmic Evolution | The Evolution of the Human Species | Intersubjectivity: A New Way of Thinking About Evolutionary Theory | Horizontal Gene Transfer - A New Paradigm for Biology | An Introduction to Four Themes: Epistemology, Cross-Domains, Consciousness, Teleology | Commentary on Ken Wilber’s Twenty Tenets and Two Experiments on Subjective Experience | Ken Wilber's Twenty Tenets |

Conference Summary: Evolutionary Theory - November 14-19, 1999

Introductions and Interests | Participants | The Origin of Life | Our Non-Ergodic Universe | The 14 Tenets of Neo-Darwinism | Contemporary Cosmological Theory | Time and Quantum Physics | In Over Our Heads: The Post-Modern Dilemma | The Emerging Spiral of Worldviews | The Nature of Mind | Fetal Memory and the Transcendent Voice | Extra-Ordinary Human Functioning | Research on Intentionality and Dream Telepathy | The Power of Ki | The New Paradigm of Consciousness | The Reconstructive Post-Modern Worldview | Conclusion and Directions for Further Inquiry |