What we’re about
A little known Basque philosopher, Xavier Zubiri (1898-1983) studied with the founders of phenomenology, discoursed with the developers of quantum mechanics and took physics seriously: there’s no atomic “bodies” but there really are atomic realities. He developed a system of reference grounded in reality; the reality of physical things as apprehended by the human, in the psycho-organic substantivity of our body (life demands many substances to become a substantive reality). His work is an exposition of dynamic structures within which life emerges and the dynamic structures of intellection: apprehending things as real. This is his assertion, and he speculated it’s related to the complexity and functionality of neurocortical structures and the human psyche.
I’ve studied his works for over 20 years and written a bit about them in the fields of psychology and philosophy. I’ve got a mind map of this work and will share if you’d like to participate, to facilitate interest. I’ll give intro information for about 20-30 minutes, then let’s discuss!
Looking to challenge your idea of reality in a rigorous way, and help me challenge mine? Zubiri’s works will help; he’s not an easy read, perpetually grounding his thought in the reality of this world and things. He creates a “metaphysics from within the world”. Things reveal to us what they are and with our sentient intelligence, we apprehend them as real things we make our lives with. His magnum opus, “Sentient Intelligence” can be retrieved online.
I’m proposing this to see if anyone on MeetUp is interested to explore together. Online discussion
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See all- Sentient Intelligence--continuing to readLink visible for attendees
Xavier Zubiri’s work, “Sentient Intelligence”, was his magnum opus, and many of his previous works laid the foundation for this book. There are themes that run through most of his books that find their culmination here.
This MeetUp group has, as one of its goals, to gather a group of people who are willing to read this work and discuss it. The book can be found online and downloaded at:
http://www.zubiri.org/works/englishworks/si/Sentientintelligence.pdfBelow is the schedule for the month of Oct, 2024. I’m thinking to meet every other week, beginning on Oct. 8th. For Sept., I’m scheduling it for two weeks in a row, to gauge interest and get participant feedback.
As mentioned in the previous group posting, I’ve done a mind map of the work and will share pieces of it as we work through it. I’ll share those when the group meets, on the Zoom app. I need to learn how much of the reading is sufficient, but not too much, and trust whoever joins will give feedback.
For the month of Nov., dates to meet are Nov. 5th and 19th. The reading will be set at the previous meetings and relayed to those who have joined.
- Sentient Intelligence--continuing to readLink visible for attendees
Xavier Zubiri’s work, “Sentient Intelligence”, was his magnum opus, and many of his previous works laid the foundation for this book. There are themes that run through most of his books that find their culmination here.
This MeetUp group has, as one of its goals, to gather a group of people who are willing to read this work and discuss it. The book can be found online and downloaded at:
http://www.zubiri.org/works/englishworks/si/Sentientintelligence.pdfBelow is the schedule for the month of Oct, 2024. I’m thinking to meet every other week, beginning on Oct. 8th. For Sept., I’m scheduling it for two weeks in a row, to gauge interest and get participant feedback.
As mentioned in the previous group posting, I’ve done a mind map of the work and will share pieces of it as we work through it. I’ll share those when the group meets, on the Zoom app. I need to learn how much of the reading is sufficient, but not too much, and trust whoever joins will give feedback.
FOR Oct 8th: we'll read Ch. 4 of this work, "The structure of the apprehension of reality: Sentient intellection.
We will also meet on Oct. 22nd, same time, same link and will continue the reading.
- Sentient Intelligence--continuing to readLink visible for attendees
Xavier Zubiri’s work, “Sentient Intelligence”, was his magnum opus, and many of his previous works laid the foundation for this book. There are themes that run through most of his books that find their culmination here.
This MeetUp group has, as one of its goals, to gather a group of people who are willing to read this work and discuss it. The book can be found online and downloaded at:
http://www.zubiri.org/works/englishworks/si/Sentientintelligence.pdfBelow is the schedule for the month of Oct, 2024. I’m thinking to meet every other week, beginning on Oct. 8th. For Sept., I’m scheduling it for two weeks in a row, to gauge interest and get participant feedback.
As mentioned in the previous group posting, I’ve done a mind map of the work and will share pieces of it as we work through it. I’ll share those when the group meets, on the Zoom app. I need to learn how much of the reading is sufficient, but not too much, and trust whoever joins will give feedback.
FOR Oct 8th: we'll read Ch. 4 of this work, "The structure of the apprehension of reality: Sentient intellection.
We will also meet on Oct. 22nd, same time, same link and will continue the reading.
