Rec’d on YT | Mycological Metaphysics: Fungi and Alfred North Whitehead | Merlin Sheldrake

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The 50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies | Science and Philosophy: Nature and the Nature of Reality

Session: Brains, Souls, and Self: Process & Identity

Paper Title: “Mycological Metaphysics: Fungi and Alfred North Whitehead”

Dr. Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, ChangeIf the dog is standing underneath you, facing in the same direction, you are in Change position. This position is uncomfortable for many dogs due to the intense positional pressure that often accompanies... More Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures, a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and winner of the Royal Society Book Prize and the Wainwright Prize. Merlin received a Ph.D. in tropical ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Merlin is a research associate of the Vrije University Amsterdam, and works with the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks and the Fungi Foundation.

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Co-sponsored by the Cobb Institute, the Institute for Ecological Civilization, and the Institute for the Postmodern Development of China, the “50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies” celebrates the 50-year legacy of CPS and its creative transformation in the context of a new generation of process thinkers.

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The Center for Process Studies (CPS) is a faculty research center of Claremont School of Theology. CPS conducts interdisciplinary research guided by the view that interconnection, change, and intrinsic value are core features of the universe.

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Ecological and Enactive Aspects of the Primal Elements of Play+

The Primal Elements of PlayPlay is willing, self-induced engagement in, and the experience of, novel, consequent opportunity. More are a featured aspect of Play+, and are shaped and honed as a product of embodied experiences. OverAn Over is any leaping catch that happens over top of the handler’s body. Overs are usually named by the part of the body over which the dog flies, i.e - Leg Over,... More the course of the development of this philosophy, JJ Gibson’s Affordance theory and direct perception crossed my path and the Primal Elements seem to be key elements of the perceptual array for direct perception.

Ron November 29, 2023

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Rec’d on YT | RSA ANIMATE: The Divided Brain

So I’ve been following Iain McGilchrist for a while now and I’m just fascinated by his hemisphere theory. The grabby, highly focused mechanical Lefty; the Emissary, and the more loose focused flow based Right hemisphere has a lot of overlap in the work I’m doing on the Play+ philosophy of play project.

Ron May 13, 2023

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The Purpose and Value of Recognizing Shapes in Disc Dog Freestyle

Shapes are created by the position and movement of dog, handler, and disc. And shapes can be created by the dog, the handler, and the placement of the disc. Shapes are a fact of disc dog freestyle.

When the dog leaves the handler for a catch, that tends to create a line. When the dog is away from the handler and moves across the field to make a catch, as in a Zig ZagA Zig Zag is a series of catches in smooth succession that forces the dog to move back and forth across the field. Usually performed at a distance of 8-20 yards, the Zig... More or Around the WorldAn Around the World is a disc dog flatwork pattern consisting of 4 catches in a circular pattern around the handler. This pattern is typically larger than 5 yards and often features creative... More, that tends to create a Shape.

Ron May 22, 2020

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Disc Dog Opinion: What Is a Multiple?

Ron Watson discusses the disc dog Multiple trick in Freestyle, laying out some definitions and keys to the trick.

Ron August 7, 2021

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Rec’d on YT | How to use ‘flow state’ to do the impossible | Steven Kotler

You can learn things 250% faster by unlocking your ‘flow state.’ Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up Next”Next” encapsulates the dog’s anticipation…

DojoBot March 7, 2023

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Economics of Distraction

Rhythm has a tendency to explode into the environment when he’s asked to work – marking everything, sniffing everything, hustling up on people, etc – essentially working everything but his handler and Frisbees. The environment is extremely stimulating for this little guy…

Ron June 28, 2010

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