We are delighted to announce that the full video dialogue between world-renowned philosopher Iain McGilchrist and developmental philosopher Steve McIntosh is now available on YouTube. The dialogue was hosted by process philosopher Andrew M. Davis, and produced by the Center for Process Studies.

The Institute for Cultural Evolution is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help America grow into a better version of itself. The Institute’s perspective is based on developmental philosophy, which focuses on the evolution of consciousness and culture.

For the first ten years of its operation, the Institute worked on overcoming hyper-partisan polarization. While ameliorating hyperpolarization continues to be an important goal, the Institute is now primarily focused on advancing the influence of developmental philosophy within contemporary American culture.

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In this first in a series of constructive critiques of integral philosophy, Steve McIntosh examines the blind spots of developmental psychology. By failing to accurately recognize the influence of intersubjective cultural structures on people’s minds, conventional developmental psychology conflates the evolution of individual consciousness with the evolution of collective culture. As Steve argues, the relative development of a person’s individual consciousness cannot be smoothly equated with the values-based worldview that provides their cultural identity.

Watch this intriguing talk by philosopher Steve McIntosh. The talk focused on post-postmodern culture’s emerging social norm of spiritual pluralism. Steve discussed the contemporary meta-categories of spirituality, as well as some of the current barriers to spiritual pluralism. He then considered the elements needed to create an inclusive “we-space” wherein competing spiritualities can form relationships of challenge and support.