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ISSUE 3 (4) 2009
Logic, DNA, and Poetry
Steve Talbott
5-15
Ghosts in the Evolutionary Machinery: The Strange, Disembodied Life of Digital Organisms
Steve Talbott
17-29
A Taste for Number Magic
Steve Talbott
31-42
Who Conceives of Society?
Ernst von Glasersfeld
43-54
The Issue of Reductionism: A Radical Constructivist Approach to the Philosophy of Physics
Andreas Quale
55-68
And The Meme Raths Outgrabe
Donnya Wheelwell
69-82
Sri Aurobindo’s “Universal Realism” and the Doctrine of
Cosmic Illusion
Marcel Kvassay
83-96
Sri Aurobindo, India and Ideological Discourse
Debashish Banerji
97-112

ISSUE 3 (3) 2009
Consciousness: A Natural History
Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
9-47
The Location and Reconstruction of a Byzantine Structure in Marea, Egypt Including a Comparison of Electronic Remote Sensing and Remote Viewing
Stephan A Schwartz
49-74
And She Came Back
Joe Waldron
75-81

ISSUE 3 (2) 2009
Does evolution explain human nature? Except where it matters
Simon Conway Morris
7-9
Does the universe have a purpose? Perhaps
Paul Davies
11-12
Does the universe have a purpose? Yes
John Haught
13-14
Economic recovery? No thank you
Carolyn Baker
15-18
Heehs on Sri Aurobindo and Indian communalism
Marcel Kvassay
19-27
Deconstruction and consciousness: the question of unity
William S Haney II
29-45
Cybernetics is an antihumanism: Advanced technologies and the rebellion against the human condition
Jean-Pierre Dupuy
47-64
An empirical case against materialism
Andrew Clifton
65-98

ISSUE 3 (1) 2009
To Darwin: A Birthday Manifesto
David Loye
7-11
Transformations and Transformers: Spirituality and the Academic Study of Mysticism
G. William Barnard
13-18
The Forgotten September 11 and the Clasp of Civilizations
Richard Hartz
19-48
Untold Potentialities: India and the World in the Third Millennium
Richard Hartz
49-57
Spiritual Physics
Ulrich Mohrhoff
59-70
An Aurobindonian Discourse
Ulrich Mohrhoff
71-81

ISSUE 2 (4) 2008
Money and the Crisis of Civilization Abstract PDF
Charles Eisenstein 5-20
‘I’ = AWARENESS Abstract PDF
Arthur J Deikman 21-32
Evaluating Spiritual and Utopian Groups Abstract PDF
Arthur J Deikman 33-49
The Psychology of Atheism Abstract PDF
Paul C Vitz 51-78
A Mathematician’s Lament Abstract PDF
Paul Lockhart 79-84
Lockhart’s Lament — the Sequel Abstract PDF
Keith Devlin 85-86
Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us (abridged) Abstract PDF
Bill Joy 87-94
Life-Energy and Spiritual Experience Abstract PDF
Steve Taylor 95-105

ISSUE 2 (3) 2008
An introduction to radical constructivism Abstract PDF
Ernst von Glasersfeld 5-20
Facts and the self from a constructivist point of view Abstract PDF
Ernst von Glasersfeld 21-32
Learning as a constructive activity Abstract PDF
Ernst von Glasersfeld 33-49
Evolution of consciousness according to Jean Gebser Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 51-78
Evolution vs. naturalism: why they are like oil and water Abstract PDF
Alvin Plantinga 79-84
A comment on Alvin Plantinga, “Evolution vs. naturalism” Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 85-86
Following the bread crumbs to the end of ultimate meaning Abstract PDF
Avraham Allan Cohen 87-94
The scientific exploration of consciousness: towards an adequate epistemology Abstract PDF
Willis Harman 95-105
The atheist delusion: answering Richard Dawkins Abstract PDF
Greg Taylor 107-112
Synchronicity: the key to destiny Abstract PDF
Frank Joseph 113-119

ISSUE 2 (2) 2008

Materialism Abstract PDF
Sri Aurobindo 1-8
Beyond Natural Selection and Intelligent Design: Sri Aurobindo’s Theory of Evolution Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 9-31
Sri Aurobindo and Hinduism Abstract PDF
Peter Heehs 33-45
Indian Spiritual Knowledge and the Psychology Curriculum Abstract PDF
Matthijs Cornelissen 47-57
Should We Expect To Feel As If We Understand Consciousness? Abstract PDF
Mark C Price 59-70
Diseases of Meaning, Manifestations of Health, and Metaphor Abstract PDF
Kim Jobst, Daniel Shostak, Peter J Whitehouse 71-80
Awakening the Genius Within Abstract PDF
Yasuhiko Genku Kimura 81-85
Can the New Science of Evo–Devo Explain the Form of Organisms? Abstract PDF
Steve Talbott 87-102

ISSUE 2 (1) 2008
Agenda of an integral consciousness mutation / world transformation Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 9-16
Radical constructivism — childhood’s end Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 17-25
Realism: the bane of science education, and what can be done about it Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 27-37
There’s no leaving the bubble of consciousness: Herbert Müller’s 0-D epistemology Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 39-45
Is God really good? Abstract PDF
Granville Sewell 47-54
A response to Granville Sewell, “Is God really good?” Abstract PDF
Karen Litfin 55-57
The riddle of this world Abstract PDF
Sri Aurobindo 59-64
The problem of pain Abstract PDF
Sri Aurobindo 65-71
There are no easy problems of consciousness Abstract PDF
E J Lowe 73-80
The next new world Abstract PDF
Chrisopher Holvenstot 81-89

ISSUE 1 (2) 2007
Dismissing God Abstract PDF
Donald D Hoffman 15-20
Sri Aurobindo on Subliminal Consciousness Abstract PDF
Sri Aurobindo 21-54
Fodor on Adaptationism Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 55-60
Sewell on Darwinism and the Second Law Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 61-70
What Does Mysticism Have To Teach Us About Consciousness? Abstract PDF
Robert K C Forman 71-89
The Secret of the Veda Abstract PDF
Satprem 91-96
Buried in the Sands of Time: The Gospel According to Thomas Abstract PDF
Medhananda 97-110
The Spiritual Tradition at the Roots of Western Civilization Abstract PDF
Peter Kingsley 111-141
Raven’s Appearance: The Language of Prophecy Abstract PDF
Peter Kingsley 161-164

ISSUE 1 (1) 2007
What Buddhist Meditation has to Tell Psychology About the Mind Abstract PDF
Eleanor H Rosch 11-21
Particles, Consciousness, Volition: A Vedantic Vision Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 23-53
The Quantum World, the Mind, and the Cookie Cutter Paradigm Abstract PDF
Ulrich J Mohrhoff 55-90
Memory Without a Trace Abstract PDF
Stephen Braude 91-106
Acquisition of Donor Traits by Heart Transplant Recipients PDF
Paul Pearsall, Gary E R Schwartz, Linda G S Russek 107-114
Who's Afraid of Life After Death Abstract PDF
Neal Grossman 115-130
The Quantum Mechanical Worldpicture and Its Popularization Abstract PDF
Dennis G B J Dieks 131-143
A State of Belief is a State of Being Abstract PDF
Charles Eisenstein 145-153