In part 1 of Essentia Foundation’s Analytic Idealism Course, we investigate the incoherence of our ordinary intuitions. We will discuss whether our ordinary intuitions about reality can be true at all and how we relate to the world. Subscribe to the channel: https://bit.ly/EssentiaYT 00:00 Analytic idealism introduction 03:02 Ordinary intuitions […]
In part 2 of Essentia Foundation’s Analytic Idealism Course, we discuss why mainstream physicalism fails on all key post-enlightenment values, such as coherence, internal consistency, parsimony and empirical adequacy. Subscribe to the channel: https://bit.ly/EssentiaYT 00:00 Recap part 1 04:28 Mainstream physicalism 16:50 Territory out of map 19:15 Physicalism in a […]
In this closing presentation of the ‘Science of Consciousness’ conference 2021, organized by the Sentience and Science Foundation, the Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Amsterdam and Essentia Foundation, renowned psychiatrist Dr. Iain McGilchrist sets out his views on consciousness and the nature of reality at large. Unsurprisingly […]
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 […]
In this much anticipated presentation of the ‘Science of Consciousness’ conference 2021, organized by the Sentience and Science Foundation, the Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Amsterdam and Essentia Foundation, dr. Jacob Jolij brings advanced physics and philosophy of mind together, to discuss higher dimensions of consciousness. More […]
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 […]
Mainstream science still tends to dismiss extrasensory phenomena (ESP). However, these so-called ‘anomalous phenomena’ are key to understanding the nature of reality, claims Dr. Julia Mossbridge: “We are beginning to change the way we think as science enters the ‘maybe we got it all wrong’ phase.” In this interview, Natalia […]
