Matthew D. Segall
Associate Professor, CIIS
About
Matthew D. Segall is an associate professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness department at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). His work bridges process-relational metaphysics with contemporary science, drawing on Whitehead, Schelling, and Goethe. His research explores the intersections of philosophy of mind, philosophy of nature, and cosmology.
Key Contributions
- Develops process-relational philosophy for contemporary questions in mind, nature, cosmology, and science
- Interprets Whitehead and Schelling as resources for moving beyond mechanistic materialism
- Wrote Physics of the World-Soul, connecting process philosophy with modern physics and cosmology
- Teaches at CIIS, bringing metaphysics, ecology, and consciousness studies into public-facing philosophy
- His work opens alternatives to reductionism, though sympathetic metaphysics can be hard to separate from speculative overreach
