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David Bevan | An Introduction to Secular Process Philosophy | 7 Nov 2024

In a collaborative event with Humanists Malta at the University of Malta Valletta Campus on November 7, 2024, David Bevan delivered an insightful talk on secular process philosophy. Departing from Heraclitus' renowned statement, "everything flows," David connects this idea with the works of Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Bergson, Whitehead and Heidegger to explore how such philosophers challenged traditional metaphysical frameworks that posit fixed substances as the foundation of being. Process philosophy emphasizes the dynamic nature of reality, proposing a vision where everything is in constant flux, with entities emerging, evolving, and passing away. This perspective profoundly impacts our understanding of existence, touching upon various philosophical disciplines, including ontology, ethics, and theology. David integrates such philosophical insights with other renowned thinkers such as Gregory Bateson (known for his contributions to anthropology and social science), Henri Frankfort (known for his contributions to the understanding of ancient Near Eastern civilization) and Karen Barad (recognized for her work in quantum physics and biology) to portray a framework for understanding change, novelty, and creativity in the universe, as well as the interconnectedness of all things. 00:07:40 | Heraclitus: Everything flows; You cannot step in the same river twice 00:18:52 | Hegel: Here I see land. There is no proposition which I have not adopted in my logic. 00:20:36 | Marx: The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature 00:26:19 | Nietzsche: Everything is in Becoming 00:28:03 | Bergson: The world is primordially biological 00:29:18 | Whitehead: Time is something inseparable from its existential content 00:36:23 | Bateson: Individual behavior resulting from cumulative interaction is a process 00:40:48 | Frankfort: The universe is an intelligible whole 00:43:34 | Heidegger: Philosophical thinking is authentic thinking 00:45:04 | Karan Barad: Quantum Physics & the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning 00:49:51 | American Humanists Association: The 4 Principles of Humanism About the Speaker David Bevan arrived in Malta late in 2018. Since early 2019 he has served as director of postgraduate programs at St Martin’s Institute of Higher Education in Hamrun. He has been a professor of business ethics at business schools and universities in UK, France, Belgium and China since 2002. Prior to his academic work he was engaged in enterprise resource planning and consulting in UK.