Not too long ago, the process theologian and philosopher John Cobb Jr. asked me if I would join his Cobb Institute, which is a nonprofit trying to advance a process relational worldview, as well as the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. And in…

Not too long ago, the process theologian and philosopher John Cobb Jr. asked me if I would join his Cobb Institute, which is a nonprofit trying to advance a process relational worldview, as well as the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. And in…

…of Alfred North Whitehead. And in particular, John wanted me to chair the Science Advisory Committee, one of the avenues that the Cobb Institute is hoping to advance Whitehead's work is in the natural sciences. And one of the ways that I thought I could…

…our conversation. I'm really grateful to you for making the time to speak with me. I have already mentioned to our mutual friend, John Cobb, that we would be doing this. And he was very glad to hear that and sends his well wishes to you and hopes…

…and hopes that you're doing well. And he's excited to hear our dialogue. As you may know, John has recently started the Cobb Institute to help further a process relational worldview. One of the areas that he's hoping that the Institute can help advance…

…scholars over the years. There aren't that many of them. But the next encounter, big one, was really 2011 when John Cobb organized this two-day seminar about Morphic Resonance and Whitehead, a two-day seminar in Claremont. And people came from all over…

…because we admire Whitehead, let's promote him to the rank of a saint, because it's really about the blessed dead. And I said to John Cobb, and then could you give the homily on the theme of Whitehead as we have a mass for All Saints Day? And so John…

…process philosophy. Did you know about that? Oh, I did, yes. That's been going on for a number of years now, and John Cobb has been very involved in networking with Chinese scholars to help forward that work. The Communist Party has written into their…

…Well, thank you so much, Rupert. This has been such an enjoyable conversation. And I think that others will enjoy it. I know John Cobb will be thrilled. to listen to our dialogue here and keep up the good work. I think the efforts that you've been…