Matthew Segal on a Participatory Approach to the Life Sciences

Video via https://footnotes2plato.substack.com/p/my-biophilosophy-conference-talk

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“This participatory framework, exemplified in Goethe’s intuitive science, Peirce’s abductive reasoning, and Rudolf Steiner’s esoteric phenomenology, reveals evolution not as random variation under differential selection but as purposive metamorphosis guided by what Whitehead terms an immanent divine “initial aim.” The essay concludes that revitalizing the life sciences requires not just new models but a transformation of scientific consciousness itself: from detached observation to co-creative participation, recognizing that in studying life's evolution we study our own creative potential as nature’s self-conscious expression.”