Professor Tallis—a philosopher, poet, novelist, cultural critic, retired medical physician and clinical neuroscientist—discusses the relationship between mind and brain, as well as the big questions about the nature of reality. Copyright © 2022 by Essentia Foundation. All rights reserved. https://www.essentiafoundation.org 00:00:13 Discussion about metaphysical stance 00:01:40 “I can’t know, so […]
Prof. Donald Hoffman talks to Essentia Foundation’s Hans Busstra about his theory of conscious agents, according to which space and time are cognitive constructs in consciousness, not an objective scaffolding of the world outside. The interview also touches on Prof. Hoffman’s personal history and life, bringing the warmth of his […]
Part 10 of Essentia Foundation’s and Keytoe Academy’s joint course on analytic idealism and its implications.
Part 9 of Essentia Foundation’s and Keytoe Academy’s joint course on analytic idealism and its implications.
In this wide-ranging interview, one of our favorite scholars, Patrick Harpur, discusses the fundamental role of the imagination in human history, the human mind, and reality at large. He also discusses the daimons, those elusive, contradictory figures who inhabit minds and the world, but who appear only to those with […]
https://www.adameve.com Use code APERTURE at checkout for 50% off 1 item + Free Shipping in the US & Canada + Free Rush Processing *some exclusions apply You are a ghost driving a meat covered skeleton made out of stardust riding a rock floating through space. Get ready to cozy up […]
Are mystical type, or ‘metaphysical experiences’ induced by psychedelics ‘real,’ or are they hallucinations? This question is now becoming urgent in psychiatry as psychedelic therapy is worldwide gaining acceptance as a potent way to improve mental health, from depression and anxiety to ADHD and autism. From a physicalist perspective, this […]
Read these 10 books and it will be very hard to still believe in a fundamentally physical universe. Essentia is starting its own book club on YouTube! In a series of videos, we will discuss 20th-century must reads by authors like Carl Gustav Jung, Noam Chomsky and Thomas Kuhn, to […]
Analytic Idealism is THE new worldview that can make sense of anomalous phenomena, whether it is NDE’s, altered mental states or UAP’s, whilst remaining 100% compatible with our current understanding of physics. In this video Hans Busstra discusses questions from viewers of our channel with Bernardo Kastrup (director of the […]
The transformative philosophical ideas about life that have shaped our worldview and continue to influence our approach to life in the modern world. 00:05 3rd century BCE 11:50 4th century BCE 22:33 10th century 31:35 19th century 43:20 20th century Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ApertureYT/about Join Discord: https://discord.gg/YHtd5Ufn Shop: […]
