Nice post, Amos.

and I would only add that...

"It is possible, someday, that the scientific method will be able to test and codify the boundary region between spirit and matter, but it is not going to be soon, because the momentum of material agreement is hard to steer in any new direction, like an aircraft carrier trying to make a turn at sea."

...is so because of the very presuppositional approach that I have already referred to as "science" above. Right now the juggernaut of academia has accepted that there is no "spirit" and they will do their darndest within their power to make sure that any new data cannot be interpreted in any manner that calls their presupposition into question.

We naively accept that there is a hard and fast line drawn between philosophy and science -- probably because we understand the nature of what science (scientific method) is supposed to "do", and we give "science" the benefit of the doubt that we would not if we were more aware of its philosophical underpinnings. There is not a hard and fast line drawn between philosophy and science -- the two are being used in this discussion.

...and you must feel so bad about coming in at number 101.