Artwork

Content provided by Bryan Kam. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Bryan Kam or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

A Conversation with David Valerio

1:54:14
 
Share
 

Manage episode 350515367 series 3278160
Content provided by Bryan Kam. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Bryan Kam or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

David and I spoke on Twitter Spaces in July 2022. We discussed Eastern Catholic theology and its parallels with Buddhism. We discuss the origin of the word physis (from which "physics"), as well as the history of geology and anthropology, the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity, catastrophism vs uniformitarianism, and other topics in complexity.

Also mentioned: Darwin, Lyell, Spinoza, Geertz, Tolstoy, Orwell, Shakespeare, Tanya Luhrmann, David Graeber, Jacques Elull, Viktor Shklovsky, Draper & White, Thomas Kuhn, John McPhee, Andrea Wulf, Daniel Kehlmann, William Whewell, and Lev Shestov ๐Ÿ˜…

Learn more about David here.

Please consider supporting this ongoing work on Patreon.

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bkam/message
  continue reading

49 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 350515367 series 3278160
Content provided by Bryan Kam. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Bryan Kam or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

David and I spoke on Twitter Spaces in July 2022. We discussed Eastern Catholic theology and its parallels with Buddhism. We discuss the origin of the word physis (from which "physics"), as well as the history of geology and anthropology, the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity, catastrophism vs uniformitarianism, and other topics in complexity.

Also mentioned: Darwin, Lyell, Spinoza, Geertz, Tolstoy, Orwell, Shakespeare, Tanya Luhrmann, David Graeber, Jacques Elull, Viktor Shklovsky, Draper & White, Thomas Kuhn, John McPhee, Andrea Wulf, Daniel Kehlmann, William Whewell, and Lev Shestov ๐Ÿ˜…

Learn more about David here.

Please consider supporting this ongoing work on Patreon.

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bkam/message
  continue reading

49 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Quick Reference Guide