Benjamin Cain
1 min readJun 9, 2022

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I've written lots of articles on how we should characterize nature. I agree that we can personify nature in negative as well as positive ways, and that either might be arbitrary and subjective. When I say that the wilderness is monstrous and inhuman, I mean that natural processes are mindless, impersonal, and zombie-like in their energized order. That characterization is scientifically supportable, and it's arguably what led to the modern meaning crisis.

I talk at length about Vervaeke's idea of cosmic harmony in the first article linked below. See also the second for another of my critiques of Vervaeke. And for support for my negative characterizations of nature, see the next few links.

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/why-john-vervaeke-dances-around-the-question-of-lifes-meaning-cf86c0ae3157?sk=f8294bb0b6b6c9726b48a3503b543708

https://medium.com/@benjamincain8/john-vervaeke-on-wisdom-and-the-meaning-crisis-b2319a75ec8f?source=friends_link&sk=ee31853df63e6123478dec2163412508

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/why-you-should-be-haunted-by-natures-physicality-4d52310d0817?sk=e1407bef36888713f080746a51b4c7ba

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/does-the-universe-have-a-character-89310a6534e7?sk=45b37717495e45aac297943a7fe5c834

https://medium.com/the-philosophers-stone/enlightenment-and-cosmic-horror-f5a071a1870c?sk=7875e2f70bc69c5f179f6eadf97c574b

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://benjamincain.substack.com / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom

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