Pierre Teilhard De Chardin Noosphere

Christian concepts of the noosphere.

Pierre teilhard de chardin noosphere. In 1964 while attempting to adjust my thinking to the many changes following the second vatican council i first encountered the writings of the french geologist paleontologist pere pierre teilhard de chardin. Vernadsky defined the noosphere as the new state of the biosphere and described as the planetary sphere of reason. Today is the first of a three part series discussing the noosphere. One of the challenges of teilhard de chardin s description of the noosphere is that he never clearly defined the term.

The noosphere represents the highest stage of biospheric development its defining factor being the development of humankind s rational activities. A depiction of the noosphere. Teilhard de chardin s vision. And that the mind or consciousness of life the.

That life on earth is a unity constituting a whole system known as the biosphere. Moreover teilhard often used the term noosphere to describe both in a physical sense and in a metaphysical spiritual sense to describe the interconnectiveness of humanity. At the root of the primary definition of noosphere is a dual perception. The noosphere is a philosophical concept developed and popularized by the biogeochemist vladimir vernadsky and the french philosopher and jesuit priest pierre teilhard de chardin.