E134| Towards A Philosophical Science of Purposeful Transformation w/ Chemical Ecologist Tim Jackson & Tim Adalin

Exploring intersections of chemical ecology, evolution, and humanity's relationship with technology in the era of technicity.

Welcoming chemical ecologist Timothy Jackson in dialogue with Tim Adalin, we explore the prospects for developing "philosophical science of purposeful transformation."

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AI Gen chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:30 What is chemical ecology?

06:41 Life as technical and tool use

13:00 Simondon and the advent of technicity and evolution

15:03 Darwin versus popular evolutionary understanding

22:48 Participating in speciation and morphogenesis

27:30 Humanity's technical capacity and transformation

31:41 Transhumanism and philosophical science critique

40:10 Mediation between conservation and adaptation

45:08 Mutual transformation versus one-directional relationships

51:34 Musical improvisation as constraint and enablement

59:16 Risk-taking and trans-individual collective emergence

1:03:17 Purity, impurity and interior-exterior dynamics

1:13:57 Niche construction and inheritance patterns

1:26:00 Wisdom begins with acknowledging ignorance

1:37:22 Addiction as pathological attraction patterns

Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0