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July 14, 2023

What is Mind-Body Solution? A Quest to Conquer the Mind-Body Problem | Tevin Naidu

Special thanks to @Carlos.Explains for allowing me to re-post this wonderful interview on Mind Body Solution. Formerly named “The Truth”, Carlos' channel (“Sigma Series”) seeks to better understand the fundamental nature of reality through philosophy, science, & art. His channel uncovers concepts from psychology, mythology, spirituality, literature, media, and more.…

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July 9, 2023

Are We Dissociated Alters Of A Universal Mind? Understanding Analytic Idealism | Bernardo Kastrup

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist,…

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July 1, 2023

Is The Universe A Cosmic Hologram? The Holographic Principle & Infodynamics | Jude Currivan

Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, author, previously one of the most senior business women in the UK and co-founder of WholeWorld-View. She holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Reading in the UK researching ancient cosmologies and a Masters Degree in Physics from Oxford University…

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June 26, 2023

Did Religions Evolve To Exploit Us? God's Memes & Consciousness Delusionism | Susan Blackmore

Susan Blackmore is a freelance writer, lecturer, broadcaster, and Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth, UK. She has a degree in psychology and physiology from Oxford University (1973) an MSc and a PhD in parapsychology from the University of Surrey (1980). Her research interests include memes, evolutionary theory, consciousness,…

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June 18, 2023

Can Consciousness Create Reality? New Experiment to Test Conscious Realism | Donald Hoffman

Donald Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is an author of over 120 scientific papers and three books, including “The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes.”…

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June 9, 2023

Is The Brain A Statistical Organ? The Free Energy Principle & Active Inference | Karl Friston

Professor Karl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in history. He is Professor of Neuroscience at University College London and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Zurich, University of York and Radboud University. He is the world expert on brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, and pioneers the…

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June 2, 2023

What Is The Role Of Qualia? Phenomenal Intentionality Theory & Consciousness | Angela Mendelovici

Angela Mendelovici' is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Philosophy at The Australian National University, a graduate student at the Department of Philosophy at Princeton University, and an undergrad at McGill University. She is the author of "The…

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May 21, 2023

Can Consciousness Be Quantified? Integrated Information Theory & Neural Correlates | Christof Koch

Professor Christof Koch is the Chief Scientist of the MindScope Program. He received his baccalaureate from the Lycée Descartes in Rabat, Morocco, his B.S. and M.S. in physics from the University of Tübingen in Germany and his Ph.D. from the Max-Planck Institute for biological Cybernetics in 1982. Subsequently, he spent…

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Jan. 31, 2023

Do We Have Free Will? Moral Responsibility & The Meaning Of Life | Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in modern history. He is a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historical essayist, social critic, and political activist. Known as "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field…

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Oct. 25, 2022

Is Everything Consciousness? One Unbounded Ocean Of Consciousness | Tony Nader

Tony Nader is a Medical Doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD. in Neuroscience), and a globally recognised Vedic Scholar. Dr Nader is an author and fellow podcaster, with his book titled: "One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness" and his podcast titled: "Consciousness Is All There Is".…

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Sept. 14, 2022

What's The Matter with Matter & Why Does It Matter? The Mind-Body Problem | Rebecca Goldstein

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is a novelist, public intellectual and Professor of Philosophy. She has written ten books, both fiction and non-fiction. She graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College, receiving the Montague Prize for Excellence in Philosophy, and immediately went on to graduate work at Princeton University, receiving her Ph.D.…

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Aug. 29, 2022

Is Consciousness The Fundamental Reality? Analytic Idealism & The Cosmic Mind | Bernardo Kastrup

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist,…

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Aug. 11, 2022

Is Everything Conscious? Panpsychism & The Purpose Of The Universe | Philip Goff

Philip Goff is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Durham University, UK. His main research interest is consciousness, although he also has a sideline in political philosophy (taxation, globalisation, social justice). He blogs at Conscience and Consciousness, and his work has been published in The Guardian and Philosophy Now, among others.…

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July 24, 2022

Is Consciousness Everything? Quasi-Berkeleyan Idealism Without God | Helen Yetter-Chappell

Helen Yetter-Chappell is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami. She received her PhD from Princeton University, and has since been a Bersoff Fellow at NYU and a lecturer at the University of York. She is currently writing a book, titled "The View From Everywhere: Realist Idealism…

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July 6, 2022

What Is The Function of Consciousness? The Evolutionary Purpose Of Conscious Minds | Chris Frith

Chris Frith is Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London (UCL), Visiting Professor at the Interacting Minds Centre at Aarhus University, Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Academy of…

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June 28, 2022

Why Do We Have Free Will? Libertarianism & The Advantage Of Agency | Helen Steward

Helen Steward is Professor of Philosophy of Mind and Action at the University of Leeds. Her interests include the metaphysics and ontology of mind and agency; the free will problem; the relation between humans and animals; and the philosophy of causation and explanation. She joined the University of Leeds in…

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May 24, 2022

Where Is The Source Of Consciousness? The Hidden Spring & The Cortical Fallacy | Mark Solms

Professor Mark Solms has spent his entire career investigating the mysteries of consciousness. Best known for identifying the brain mechanisms of dreaming and for bringing psychoanalytic insights into modern neuroscience, he is director of Neuropsychology in the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital (Departments…

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May 16, 2022

What Is The Mind-Body Problem? The Hard Problem Of Consciousness & Materialism | Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in modern history. He is a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historical essayist, social critic, and political activist. Known as “the father of modern linguistics”, Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field…

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April 27, 2022

Why Are Our Brains Divided? Hemispheric Differences And Its Impact On The Mind | Iain McGilchrist

Iain McGilchrist is a Consultant Emeritus of the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital, London, a former research Fellow in Neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, a former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists,…

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April 12, 2022

Is Reality An Illusion? Interface Theory of Perception & Conscious Realism | Donald Hoffman

Donald Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is an author of over 120 scientific papers and three books, including “The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes.”…

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March 22, 2022

What Is Bioelectrical Intelligence? Technological Approach To Minds Everywhere | Michael Levin

Michael Levin is a Distinguished Professor in the Biology department at Tufts University. He holds the Vannevar Bush endowed Chair and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. Prior to college, Michael Levin worked as a software engineer…

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March 17, 2022

Why Do We Have A Conscience? Moral Intuition & Eliminative Materialism | Patricia Churchland

Patricia Churchland is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego and an Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute. She holds degrees from Oxford University, the University of Pittsburg and the University of British Columbia. She has contributed to the fields of philosophy of neuroscience, philosophy of…

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March 15, 2022

Is Free Will Real? Hard Incompatibilism, Moral Luck & Rejecting Retributivism | Gregg Caruso

Gregg Caruso is Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Corning, Visiting Fellow at the New College of the Humanities, and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University. He is also Co-Director of the Justice Without Retribution Network housed at the University of Aberdeen School of Law. His research focuses on free…

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March 9, 2022

A Weird World? Universal Bizarreness Thesis & Perplexities of Consciousness | Eric Schwitzgebel

Eric Schwitzgebel is Professor of Philosophy at University of California at Riverside. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Stanford and his PhD in Philosophy from U.C. Berkeley. He blogs at The Splintered Mind and is the author of Perplexities of Consciousness (2011) and A Theory of Jerks and Other…

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