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In this Part VI of the Analytic Idealism Course, we discuss the important distinction between phenomenal consciousness and meta-consciousness, arguing that the so-called ‘unconscious’ reflects merely a lack of the latter, not the former. Link to PART VII: https://youtu.be/mwt7qF40KF0 Link to PART V: https://youtu.be/B4RsXr02M0U Relevant literature: https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/1388 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/consciousness-goes-deeper-than-you-think/ Papers directly […]

In this Part VII of the Analytic Idealism Course, Bernardo explicitly addresses and responds to the main objections often raised against Analytic Idealism. This is also the closing part of the course, so Bernardo leaves you with some personal reflections about the implications and relevance of Analytic Idealism to life. […]

In his opening presentation of the ‘Science of Consciousness’ conference 2021, Essentia Foundation’s executive director Bernardo Kastrup reviews the neuroscientific evidence and discusses what it actually tells about consciousness. He also discusses, in explicit and specific detail, what he perceives as widespread physicalist confirmation bias in both academia and mainstream […]