"Your Consciousness is Not in Your Head." | Interview with BERNARDO KASTRUP, PhD

BERNARDO KASTRUP, PHD is Philosopher and Founder of the Essential Foundation in the Netherlands.

Have you ever wondered about the existential nature of consciousness and reality? How can purely quantitative, mathematical physical entities give rise to our beautifully rich experience of qualitative perceptions such as colours, the sense of smell, or the feeling of rain on your skin?

Discover an introductory blog article by Simon Jost from OPEN Foundation that introduces Kastrup's thought-provoking views on consciousness and conceptualizes the bridge between analytical idealism and psychedelics.

Enjoy and dive in: "Beyond physics: exploring consciousness with Bernardo Kastrup's Analytical Idealism" - https://open-foundation.org/beyond-ph...

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Recorded at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2022, in Haarlem, The Netherlands.

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Questions:
0:00 Intro
0:05 What is your criticism about the interpretation of brain imaging studies?
1:31 What is a universal consciousness? How do you define that?
2:20 Are your views close to Spinoza's views?
4:58 What can we learn about reality from the cases of people suffering from dissociative disorders?
6:47 If I understand you correctly, psychedelics kind of reverse this dissociation. Can you explain how they fit into your worldview?
8:19 Is there any empirical research which could prove your theory of reality? Is there any kind of research which could do that?
9:55 How do you see the role of psychedelics in the future? What can they do to human civilization?
10:50 Are you optimistic about the future of humankind in general?
11:05 Could your theory bring us towards the question of why my consciousness is in my head and your consciousness is yours?