Topic: Towards a Philosophy of Cosmic Life: A Conversation with Dr. John B. Cobb, Jr. on a Burning Question of Our Time

Presenters: David Bartosch

A January, 2022, conversation of John Cobb, David Bartosch, and other international scholars has resulted in a book edited by David Bartosch, Towards a Philosophy of Cosmic Life (Singapore: Springer, August, 2023), and co-edited by Hungarian Attila Grandpierre and Chinese Bei Peng. Bartosch considers John Cobb’s introductory chapter to be a classic text, which clearly creates the foundations of consciousness for a peaceful and long-term sustainable planetary civilization. His discussion with John Cobb about that chapter is the “main act” in today’s conversation. Bartosch’s own chapter on the idea of a transcultural and poly-contextual perspective on “cosmic life” relates to John’s chapter and how it is inspired by John’s pluralistic and transcultural approach to philosophy and science.

Dr. Bartosch is a German philosopher currently working as a distinguished research fellow at Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai in South China. He conducts research in the field of transcultural comparative philosophy, especially in the comparison of European and Chinese philosophical traditions, as well as in German philosophy. He has broad interests in various contemporary topics of general interest. For example, Bartosch is currently preparing a book on long-term sustainability for publication. He was a Cobb & Friends presenter on April 12, 2022. He discusses why a German scholar finds inspiration in ancient Chinese philosophy in brief excerpts from this television interview. A list of his publications can be found here: https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-bartosch.

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