Sympoiesis: From Thinking About to Being With

Welcome · Vesna Forštnerič Lesjak and Matthias Rang
Introduction · Meinhard Simon
Sympoiesis: From Thinking About to Being With · Craig Holdrege

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An event as part of the Autumn Conference of the Natural Science Section at the Goetheanum.

Separate entities with opposing goals may compete with each or develop strategies to cooperate. In both cases, the starting point is separation — a foundational assumption of modern biology. What if relatedness is more fundamental? How would we then behold living beings and what we call their environment? This talk will address these questions in the spirit of moving beyond boundaries that we create through ingrained habits of thought.

Craig Holdrege, Ph.D., is co-founder and director of The Nature Institute in Ghent, NY, an organization dedicated to developing Goethean phenomenology (natureinstitute.org). He studies of plants, animals, and new developments in the biological sciences. Craig is the author of many articles and books, including Thinking Like a Plant: A Living Science for Life and Seeing the Animal Whole – And Why It Matters. He gives talks, workshops, and courses nationally and internationally.