Silk Road Seminar: Edward Slingerland
May 9, 2026
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as posted by the channelThank you for joining us LIVE for our monthly Silk Road Seminar.
Today John Vervaeke is joined by Edward Slingerland for a live, unscripted dialogue exploring wisdom, cognition, spontaneity, ritual, and the relationship between ancient traditions and modern scientific understanding.
Edward Slingerland is a professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and a leading scholar of early Chinese thought, cognitive science, and embodied wisdom traditions. He is the author of Trying Not to Try, which explores the paradox of spontaneity and the Daoist concept of wu-wei through both classical philosophy and contemporary psychology.
Silk Road Seminars are live, exploratory dialogues where John engages leading thinkers across philosophy, theology, cognitive science, and contemplative traditions. These conversations unfold in real time through dia-logos, inviting participants into deeper reflection on meaning, wisdom, transformation, and the cultivation of an ecology of practices.
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