Nature of reality | Bernardo Kastrup | Reason with Science | Philosophy | Idealism | Consciousness

This episode is with Bernardo Kastrup.Bernardo is an author, philosopher, and director of the Essentia Foundation. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy and another Ph.D. in computer engineering specializing in artificial intelligence. As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered).In this conversation we talk about drawbacks of materialism, what is consciousness?, nature of reality, panpsychism, analytical idealism, free will, what is time?, meaning of life and death.

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:02 Most difficult questions about the cosmos
00:02:54 Science and materialism
00:05:27 Limitations of minds
00:07:36 How well science describes the nature of reality?
00:11:43 Is consciousness an illusion?
00:16:39 Issues with materialism
00:25:24 Origin of life
00:27:56 Science of complexity
00:33:54 How to refute emergence of consciousness?
00:42:19 Psychedelic experiences
00:48:19 Consciousness under analytical idealism
00:50:33 Idealism and trans-personal experiences
00:57:16 Origin of consciousness
01:00:38 What is wetness of the water?
01:05:36 Panpsychism and Solipsism
01:17:58 Consciousness in other species
01:24:31 Will artificial life be conscious?
01:29:10 What is death?
01:33:02 Idealism for meaning of life
01:39:46 What is time?
01:48:11 Western mind
01:53:44 Science of consciousness under idealism
02:24:14 Thank you!

More conversations by Bernardo:
1) Bernardo Kastrup on Analytical Idealism, Materialism, The Self, and the Connectedness of You and I (   • Escaping the Illusion: Bernardo Kastr...  ) ‪@TheoriesofEverything‬
2) The True Nature Of Reality (w/Dr. Bernardo Kastrup) (   • The True Nature Of Reality (w/Dr. Ber...  ) ‪@ZDoggMD‬
3) Is Everything Made of Matter or Consciousness? | Rupert Spira & Bernardo Kastrup in Conversation (   • Is Everything Made of Matter or Consc...  ) ‪@rupertspira‬
4) Bernardo Kastrup on the Nature of Reality: Materialism, Idealism, or Skepticism (   • Bernardo Kastrup on the Nature of Rea...  ) ‪@skepticmagazine‬

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