#157 Andrew M. Davis - Process Philosophy, Metaphysics & Meaning.

Andrew M. Davis, Ph.D. is an American process philosopher, theologian, and scholar of the cosmos. He is research and academic director for the Center for Process Studies where he researches, writes, teaches, and organizes conferences on various aspects of process-relational thought. An advocate of metaphysics and meaning in a hospitable universe, he approaches philosophy as the endeavor to systematically think through what reality must be like because we are a part of it. He is author, editor, and co-editor of nearly a dozen books including Mind, Value, and Cosmos: On the Relational Nature of Ultimacy (2020); Process Cosmology: New Integrations in Science and Philosophy (2022); Metaphysics of Exo-Life: Toward a Constructive Whiteheadian Cosmotheology (2023); and Whitehead’s Universe: A Prismatic Introduction (forthcoming, 2026).

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Andrew M. Davis discusses process philosophy, Whitehead’s metaphysics, consciousness, God, and the future of science and religion. Explore how these ideas shape our understanding of reality, morality, and technology.

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00:00 Introduction to Andrew Davis and his work

02:21 The significance of Whitehead’s philosophy today

04:19 Whitehead’s influence on science, religion, and meaning

08:35 Explaining process philosophy to newcomers

12:21 The starting point: experience as revelation

16:17 The history of mechanistic worldview and its consequences

20:48 Science, metaphysics, and the evolution of ideas

26:14 Whitehead’s view on Christianity and other religions