Quote:This presentation was given at 50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies (CPS) at the Claremont United Church of Christ in Claremont Ca, on Feb. 15th, 2023. The event was organized CPS and co-sponsored by The Cobb Institute, the Institute for Ecological Civilization, and the Institute for the Postmodern Development of China.
Andrew M. Davis is Program Director for the Center for Process Studies at Claremont School of Theology, where he earned his Ph.D. in Religion and Process Philosophy. As Program Director, Davis researches, writes, teaches, and organizes conferences across process-relational thought. He is the author and editor of several books including Mind, Value, and Cosmos: On the Relational Nature of Ultimacy (2020), Nature In Process: Organic Proposals in Philosophy, Society and Religion (2022); Process Cosmology: New Integrations in Science and Philosophy (2022), and Whitehead’s Universe: Philosophical Foundations of Process Theology (forthcoming, 2023). Follow his work at andrewmdavis.info.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell