Author's Response: Of Roses, Serpents, and Circles: Fleshing out the Bones of Contention.

The article presents the author's response to commentaries on his article on the integration of phenomenology and cognitive science. He discusses the question of the rationality of nondualism and the role of meditative/contemplative practices in cultivating its experiential/existential dimension. He also examines the relationship between the project of phenomenologisation and the establishment of second-order science.