These are the accompanying slides of a talk in which Jeff Carreira explored the historical and cultural conditions that have influenced our country's preference for the pragmatic over the intellectual. He also illuminated how American culture's greatest original thinkers and philosophers, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, William James, Charles Sanders Peirce and John Dewey emerged as part of that particular context. Carreira then took things one step further to show how two recent original and revolutionary philosophies, Integral Theory and Evolutionary Enlightenment, can be seen as contemporary continuations of American philosophical thought. This talk inspired people to reflect deeply about your their Americanism, and discover new potentials for how we can use the best aspects of the American Character to evolve consciousness and culture.

1. The Roots of Integral Spirituality and Evolutionary Enlightenment in American Philosophy Accompanying slides to a talk given by Jeff Carreira in Cambridge, MA on April 17, 2009 To listen to the talk go here: http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/audio-resources/

2. Ken Wilber The Spectrum of Consciousness (1977) Andrew Cohen Spiritual Awakening (1986) Andrew Cohen & Ken Wilber The Evolution of Enlightenment (2002)

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) William James (1842 - 1910) John Dewey (1859 - 1952) Charles Sanders Peirce (1839 - 1914) The Story of American Pragmatism

4. Continuity The Integral Nature of Reality

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) Nature William James (1842 - 1910) The Stream of Consciousness John Dewey (1859 - 1952) The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology Charles Sanders Peirce (1839 - 1914) Synechism Continuity

6. Continuity All is One

7. Spontaneity The Creative Potential of the Universe

8. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) Intuition and The Over-Soul William James (1842 - 1910) Radical Empiricism John Dewey (1859 - 1952) Art as Experience Charles Sanders Peirce (1839 - 1914) Tychism Spontaneity

9. Spontaneity When something comes from nothing

10. Conscious Evolution Evolutionary mechanics applied to the individual and the collective

11. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) Self-Reliance Friendship and Conversation William James (1842 - 1910) The Will to Believe How two minds can know one thing John Dewey (1859 - 1952) Evolutionary Ethics Education & Democracy Charles Sanders Peirce (1839 - 1914) Evolutionary Love The Unlimited Community Conscious Evolution

12. The Fall and Return of Pragmatism