Jeff Salzman’s interview of Steve McIntosh surveys the landscape of the integral worldview. The two discuss the evolution of consciousness and culture and the “internal ecosystem” formed by the dialectical stages of human development. McIntosh describes the history of integral philosophy from Georg Hegel to Ken Wilber, as well as the exciting potential of the emerging integral worldview. Run time 58 minutes.
DVD 2: A Conversation On Evolution—Progress, Causation and Eros
with Steve McIntosh and Michael Zimmerman
McIntosh dialogues with philosopher Michael Zimmerman (co-author of Integral Ecology) on the spiritual implications of evolution, as well as the unmistakable metaphysics of purpose and progress that can be found in the process of development. McIntosh and Zimmerman also discuss the nature of causation and the promise of a new era in humanity’s understanding of evolution. Run time 62 minutes.
This dynamic interview really brings integral philosophy to life!
— Jeff Salzman, Founder Boulder Integral
In this 68 minute video interview, recorded on January 29, 2008,
Steve McIntosh and What Is Enlightenment? Magazine executive
editor, Carter Phipps, explore the methods and mechanisms through
which human consciousness and culture evolve and develop.
Chapter 1 examines the remarkable fact that human consciousness
is able to evolve and develop without changing its underlying
biological neurology or DNA. McIntosh and Phipps discuss the
critical role played by culture in the evolution of consciousness,
and the way in which values have developed in human history
through a sequence of dialectically related worldview stages.
Chapter 2 further explores the nature of “internal development,”
and describes how different aspects of a person’s consciousness
can evolve relatively independently along emotional, cognitive, and
volitional lines of development. McIntosh also discusses the role of
human free will as “an organ of perception for values.”
Chapter 3 concludes by exploring the spiritual line of development,
the nature of the self, and integral philosophy’s efforts to bring
forth a “natural theology” that recognizes those aspects of spirit
which become “self-evident” to those who have achieved the
integral stage of consciousness.
