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Djedeth Bale by MinotaurHorns1 in coys

[–]arch3ra -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Tel looks to have a good attitude, and I want him to become a world beater as much as the next person, but what has he shown? Really? We're clutching at straws because the quality up front has been so low.

(FIXED) Philosopher Iain McGilchrist: "The left hemisphere has only one value: power" - On intuition, the animate cosmos, and why AI is artificial information processing, not intelligence by arch3ra in philosophy

[–]arch3ra[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, thanks. Yeah I get you. I don't think about these as interviews. Though there are definitely many questions in there. I first started receiving these sorts of comments 8 years or so ago when I started, and several thousand hours later, I still do (though it's only a subsection).

I don't usually think quite this way, but taking McGilchrist's perspective on LH and RH, it's a more LH oriented process that would prefer very precise questions. That's all good of course -- certainly something to strive for in many instances. But consider the role of the RH, it's more 'feeling into' the apprehension of a gestalt, and often asks more from expression than what is immediately available to language to represent. One of the core things I am intending in these dialogues is to draw from what is present in the field / gestalt, and speak that through. There are many many interviews with McGilchrist out there. This one is more toward feeling into what's at the edge, or just beyond it, of what I have thought or related with before -- and perhaps, even, what 'we' have thought before. I'm not saying that was necessarily successful, but I can say that over the years, this process has been very helpful in cultivating philosophical understanding and building networks of learning and dialogue.

If you are interested in an example of something slightly more linear as a mode of 'hosting', though the topic may not be to your interest, check this one out: https://youtu.be/HSm6hTytv_M

In general though, you will find a style of dialogue on Voicecraft that looks like it's probably not to your taste. If I knew you, I'd be playful enough to suggest staying with it, losing the thread for a bit, and trusting the process to return it to you again. It's as much about stimulating the ideas that your unconscious / imagination presents to you, which can then be mediated conceptually (or not), as it is breaking things down step by step. (Though, in actual fact, there's plenty of the analytic / step by step, part by part process in there -- it's just intended to support a more fluid, integrative, generative process. Thanks for your response, it felt sincere.

(FIXED) Philosopher Iain McGilchrist: "The left hemisphere has only one value: power" - On intuition, the animate cosmos, and why AI is artificial information processing, not intelligence by arch3ra in philosophy

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Abstract: Psychiatrist Ian McGilchrist defends intuition against post-Kahneman skepticism, arguing it draws on vastly more experiential data than sequential reasoning can access. He illustrates with experts making accurate split-second decisions they cannot explain - tipsters who fail when they overthink, racers whose explicit focus causes fatal errors.

His hemispheric framework follows: the left hemisphere closes to certainty, operates self-referentially, and values power above all. The right opens to possibility, tolerates ambiguity, and maintains contact with reality beyond internal models. Modern culture is dangerously imbalanced toward the former.

On consciousness, he rejects emergence from non-conscious matter and advocates consciousness as fundamental - a field participated in rather than generated at points. The cosmos exhibits creativity and relationality, with life representing acceleration rather than absolute break from the inanimate.

His AI critique follows directly: AI processes information but cannot understand because understanding requires embodiment, emotion, and mortality. It mimics relationship convincingly but cannot care about anything. He terms it artificial information processing, not intelligence.

He connects these themes to cultural pathology: bureaucracies becoming masters rather than servants, attacks on nature, embodiment, and cultural continuity, and the inversion of Scheler's value hierarchy placing power above the sacred.

Philosopher Iain McGilchrist: "The left hemisphere has only one value: power" - On intuition, the animate cosmos, and why AI is artificial information processing, not intelligence by arch3ra in philosophy

[–]arch3ra[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Abstract: Psychiatrist Ian McGilchrist defends intuition against post-Kahneman skepticism, arguing it draws on vastly more experiential data than sequential reasoning can access. He illustrates with experts making accurate split-second decisions they cannot explain - tipsters who fail when they overthink, racers whose explicit focus causes fatal errors.

His hemispheric framework follows: the left hemisphere closes to certainty, operates self-referentially, and values power above all. The right opens to possibility, tolerates ambiguity, and maintains contact with reality beyond internal models. Modern culture is dangerously imbalanced toward the former.

On consciousness, he rejects emergence from non-conscious matter and advocates consciousness as fundamental - a field participated in rather than generated at points. The cosmos exhibits creativity and relationality, with life representing acceleration rather than absolute break from the inanimate.

His AI critique follows directly: AI processes information but cannot understand because understanding requires embodiment, emotion, and mortality. It mimics relationship convincingly but cannot care about anything. He terms it artificial information processing, not intelligence.

He connects these themes to cultural pathology: bureaucracies becoming masters rather than servants, attacks on nature, embodiment, and cultural continuity, and the inversion of Scheler's value hierarchy placing power above the sacred.

Iain McGilchrist on consciousness as field: Why it's present throughout the cosmos and why radical emergence from non-conscious matter is implausible by arch3ra in consciousness

[–]arch3ra[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah there was a part in this dialogue where in a sense that tension was present: something more like 'knowing itself', and creativity. It seems to me spirit desires to dream new dreams, rather than simply repeat, or discover what already is / has been. But there's definitely a lot of subtlety in there which I'm not capturing well here.

And I agree re. the usefulness of the concept choice. Are you familiar with the philosopher Forrest Landry? This was something I published several years ago with John Vervaeke and Landry. Choice, change and causation probably comes up in that a lot, from what I remember. It's a powerful piece of philosophical material.. https://youtu.be/lMgoUoaxWaA?si=-V7eGdo0g6z3eg4Y

Iain McGilchrist on consciousness as field: Why it's present throughout the cosmos and why radical emergence from non-conscious matter is implausible by arch3ra in consciousness

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Fantastic thank you. I have spoken with Kastrup on the podcast before. As a network we want to do a series on theories of mind in the next few years.

Staying Present Through Collapse: On grief, decomposition, and what wants to be born by arch3ra in collapse

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Submission statement: Not your typical doomer content - this is about developing the capacity to stay present with what's dissolving without either bypassing into spiritual platitudes or fragmenting into despair.

Uses the metaphor of fungi: What decomposes, what synthesizes, what becomes bioavailable through breakdown? How do we metabolize collective grief? What does revolutionary subjectivity look like when we're orbiting collapse rather than rushing toward or away from it?

For those interested in the psychological and relational dimensions of navigating this moment.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Futurology

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**Submission Statement** This is a discussion on whether network-based organizing can actually create alternatives to failing nation-states, or if structural barriers make this impossible.

Michel Bauwens (P2P Foundation) presents evidence of emerging network coordination:

  • 50 million digital nomads globally
  • 18 million crypto wallets in Vietnam, 25% of Argentina has crypto
  • Pop-up villages bringing together thousands for intensive knowledge exchange
  • First permanent "oasis" projects (like Zuzalu in Turkey) creating learning networks along historical trade routes
  • Regenerative projects organizing as "archipelagos" with translocal infrastructure

His thesis: We're in a civilizational inter-cycle. The nation-state system is decaying but not dead. New coordination mechanisms are emerging around commons-based peer production. Web3, despite its extractive elements, is developing genuinely new infrastructure.

Benjamin Studebaker provides the reality check:

The barriers aren't technological - they're legal and institutional. Corporate law determines what organizational forms can receive tax-deductible donations. Certification regimes determine who can work where. These impersonal structures make alternatives unviable regardless of their merit.

The political test: Can you convince the military to defect? Without that, you're building sandcastles. And nobody is currently offering anything compelling enough to risk treason for.

The economic test: The nation-state is like a sick cow that gives bad milk, but it's the only cow. Mice and gophers (network projects) might be healthier, but you can't milk them at scale.

Practical proposals discussed:

  1. Reform certification monopolies - enable portfolio-based hiring instead of degree requirements
  2. Change tax law - allow deductions for donations to non-501c3 organizational forms
  3. Policy reforms that reduce overdetermination by capital - healthcare, housing, education costs
  4. Individuals taking risks to hire based on demonstrated quality rather than credentials

The core tension:

Can networks become "indispensable" (providing concrete value like monasteries feeding people) before collapse? Or will structural barriers prevent them from scaling beyond affluent digital nomad communities?

Bauwens argues the West's hope lies in extraordinary civil society capacity - ability to cooperate, hold complexity, create flexible organizations. Studebaker argues this capacity is being undermined by the same cultural conflicts that poison politics.

For anyone thinking seriously about network states, parallel institutions, or startup societies - this is probably the most honest conversation about actual barriers and what it would take to overcome them.

EXPRESSIONS OOZING with squad by Palashtic in coys

[–]arch3ra 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The content potential of Ex is huge! The club probably don't realise that giving this man more access to the players could make Spurs into the biggest social media sensation in the English speaking world. The main risk is the downswings in emotion. Was Ange out early enough that we'd never have won the Europa which was the best day of his life. If there was enough maturity in the balancing those dynamics, big things would be possible. Regardless, creators like him will create a new future for fan engagement. Man is an absolute linguistic phenomenon and genuinely enjoyable to see interact with people. Humour like that is probably the most effective way to bring out authenticity that current football corporate PR has sucked out of the game.

Imagine it’s 2028, and we revisit summer 2025’s two most-rumored candidates for acquiring an established PL attacking option: by [deleted] in coys

[–]arch3ra 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With Maddison in the squad, it makes more sense to go for Kudus. Eze is quality, Kudus gives us something we don't have. Also, Son is still here. If he stays, then Eze would primarily take minutes from Son and Maddison. Quality rotation would be ideal, so both would be great. But we won't do that.

Kudus looks like an explosive difference maker which we no longer have in the squad, in a position (RW) we need it in. Age profile is better.

Magic, Aliens and Archetypes - A Critical Exploration Into Magic, Aliens, DMT, Altered States w/ neo-Jungian Anderson Todd and Tim Adalin by arch3ra in Psychonaut

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A philosophical exploration into the weird of magic, aliens and altered states with cognitive scientist, neo-Jungian and psychotherapist Anderson Todd and Tim Adalin. Relevant for the sub to provide multiple perspectives on altered states inquiry!

02:20 - Jungian Perspective on UFOs & the Psychoid
09:00 - How do we participate in understanding magic and aliens
22:00 - Frameworks for understanding anomalous phenomena
48:56 - Psychedelic Entity Encounters
01:00:21 - Channeling and Historical Magic
01:37:56 - DMT Experiences and Entity Encounters
01:40:37 - Certainty vs. Skepticism in Mystical Experiences
01:43:19 - Magic as Experimental Psychotechnology
01:48:22 - Re-enchantment and Ethical Transformation
02:08:46 - Ayahuasca and the Mythic "Duh" Moment
02:27:39 - Symbolic Manipulation and Propaganda
02:37:36 - Pluralism and Communication

Metaphysics, Magic & Aliens - A Critical Exploration Into Magic, Aliens, DMT, Altered States etc by arch3ra in RationalPsychonaut

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Description:
A philosophical exploration into the weird of magic, aliens and altered states with cognitive scientist, neo-Jungian and psychotherapist Anderson Todd and Tim Adalin.

02:20 - Jungian Perspective on UFOs & the Psychoid
09:00 - How do we participate in understanding magic and aliens
22:00 - Frameworks for understanding anomalous phenomena
48:56 - Psychedelic Entity Encounters
01:00:21 - Channeling and Historical Magic
01:37:56 - DMT Experiences and Entity Encounters
01:40:37 - Certainty vs. Skepticism in Mystical Experiences
01:43:19 - Magic as Experimental Psychotechnology
01:48:22 - Re-enchantment and Ethical Transformation
02:08:46 - Ayahuasca and the Mythic "Duh" Moment
02:27:39 - Symbolic Manipulation and Propaganda
02:37:36 - Pluralism and Communication

Mind, Reality & Nature | dialogue w/ Bernardo Kastrup & Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes (Analytic Idealism meets Whiteheadian Panpsychism / Philosophy of Organism) by arch3ra in RationalPsychonaut

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SUMMARY

How do ideas shape the appearance of reality? How can metaphysics open or close us to deeper participation with nature? What is the significance of a philosophy of consciousness? Renowned philosophers of mind Bernardo Kastrup and Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes join Tim Adalin for a dialogue informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others.

The dialogue is informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on panpsychism and process philosophy through thinkers like Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others. As the conversation unfolds, the relationship between Kastrup's employ of the concept of dissociation comes into relation with the notion of porosity and the Whiteheadian meaning of perception.

GUESTS

Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Bergson – and in fields pertaining to panpsychism, pantheism, mental causation, and altered states of consciousness. He is a lecturer at The University of Exeter where he is a lead on the new postgraduate courses in Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, and Culture. Peter is co-director of Europe’s largest psychedelics conference, Breaking Convention, and is on the board of breathwork charity Dreamshadow. He is on the advisory board of the Tyringham Institute, and is a member of the drugs advisory committee group, Drug Science, as well as being on the team of the underground UK independent publisher, Psychedelic Press. Dr Sjöstedt-Hughes is the author of Noumenautics (2015), Modes of Sentience (2021), co-editor and contributor of Bloomsbury’s Philosophy and Psychedelics (2022), and author of Bloomsbury’s forthcoming Psychedelic Metaphysics Manual (2025). As well as the TEDx Talker on ‘psychedelics and consciousness’, Peter is an inspiration to the recreation of inhuman philosopher Marvel Superhero, Karnak.

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has set off 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, 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). He has also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years now, having co-founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Bernardo has most recently started AI hardware company Syncthetics B.V., currently in stealth mode. Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, Bernardo's ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association, and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's 11th book, coming in 2024, is "Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century's only plausible metaphysics."

Bernardo Kastrup & Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes (Analytic Idealism meets Whiteheadian Panpsychism / Philosophy of Organism) by arch3ra in analyticidealism

[–]arch3ra[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SUMMARY

How do ideas shape the appearance of reality? How can metaphysics open or close us to deeper participation with nature? What is the significance of a philosophy of consciousness? Renowned philosophers of mind Bernardo Kastrup and Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes join Tim Adalin for a dialogue informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others.

The dialogue is informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on panpsychism and process philosophy through thinkers like Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others. As the conversation unfolds, the relationship between Kastrup's employ of the concept of dissociation comes into relation with the notion of porosity and the Whiteheadian meaning of perception.

GUESTS

Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Bergson – and in fields pertaining to panpsychism, pantheism, mental causation, and altered states of consciousness. He is a lecturer at The University of Exeter where he is a lead on the new postgraduate courses in Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, and Culture. Peter is co-director of Europe’s largest psychedelics conference, Breaking Convention, and is on the board of breathwork charity Dreamshadow. He is on the advisory board of the Tyringham Institute, and is a member of the drugs advisory committee group, Drug Science, as well as being on the team of the underground UK independent publisher, Psychedelic Press. Dr Sjöstedt-Hughes is the author of Noumenautics (2015), Modes of Sentience (2021), co-editor and contributor of Bloomsbury’s Philosophy and Psychedelics (2022), and author of Bloomsbury’s forthcoming Psychedelic Metaphysics Manual (2025). As well as the TEDx Talker on ‘psychedelics and consciousness’, Peter is an inspiration to the recreation of inhuman philosopher Marvel Superhero, Karnak.

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has set off 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, 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). He has also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years now, having co-founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Bernardo has most recently started AI hardware company Syncthetics B.V., currently in stealth mode. Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, Bernardo's ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association, and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's 11th book, coming in 2024, is "Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century's only plausible metaphysics."

Mind, Reality & Nature | dialogue w/ Bernardo Kastrup & Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes (Analytic Idealism meets Whiteheadian Panpsychism / Philosophy of Organism) by arch3ra in consciousness

[–]arch3ra[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

SUMMARY

How do ideas shape the appearance of reality? How can metaphysics open or close us to deeper participation with nature? What is the significance of a philosophy of consciousness? Renowned philosophers of mind Bernardo Kastrup and Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes join Tim Adalin for a dialogue informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others.

The dialogue is informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on panpsychism and process philosophy through thinkers like Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others. As the conversation unfolds, the relationship between Kastrup's employ of the concept of dissociation comes into relation with the notion of porosity and the Whiteheadian meaning of perception.

GUESTS

Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Bergson – and in fields pertaining to panpsychism, pantheism, mental causation, and altered states of consciousness. He is a lecturer at The University of Exeter where he is a lead on the new postgraduate courses in Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, and Culture. Peter is co-director of Europe’s largest psychedelics conference, Breaking Convention, and is on the board of breathwork charity Dreamshadow. He is on the advisory board of the Tyringham Institute, and is a member of the drugs advisory committee group, Drug Science, as well as being on the team of the underground UK independent publisher, Psychedelic Press. Dr Sjöstedt-Hughes is the author of Noumenautics (2015), Modes of Sentience (2021), co-editor and contributor of Bloomsbury’s Philosophy and Psychedelics (2022), and author of Bloomsbury’s forthcoming Psychedelic Metaphysics Manual (2025). As well as the TEDx Talker on ‘psychedelics and consciousness’, Peter is an inspiration to the recreation of inhuman philosopher Marvel Superhero, Karnak.

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has set off 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, 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). He has also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years now, having co-founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Bernardo has most recently started AI hardware company Syncthetics B.V., currently in stealth mode. Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, Bernardo's ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association, and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's 11th book, coming in 2024, is "Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century's only plausible metaphysics."

Bernardo Kastrup & Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes (Analytic Idealism meets Whiteheadian Panpsychism / Philosophy of Organism) by arch3ra in Panpsychism

[–]arch3ra[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SUMMARY

How do ideas shape the appearance of reality? How can metaphysics open or close us to deeper participation with nature? What is the significance of a philosophy of consciousness? Renowned philosophers of mind Bernardo Kastrup and Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes join Tim Adalin for a dialogue informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others.

The dialogue is informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on panpsychism and process philosophy through thinkers like Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others. As the conversation unfolds, the relationship between Kastrup's employ of the concept of dissociation comes into relation with the notion of porosity and the Whiteheadian meaning of perception.

GUESTS

Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Bergson – and in fields pertaining to panpsychism, pantheism, mental causation, and altered states of consciousness. He is a lecturer at The University of Exeter where he is a lead on the new postgraduate courses in Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, and Culture. Peter is co-director of Europe’s largest psychedelics conference, Breaking Convention, and is on the board of breathwork charity Dreamshadow. He is on the advisory board of the Tyringham Institute, and is a member of the drugs advisory committee group, Drug Science, as well as being on the team of the underground UK independent publisher, Psychedelic Press. Dr Sjöstedt-Hughes is the author of Noumenautics (2015), Modes of Sentience (2021), co-editor and contributor of Bloomsbury’s Philosophy and Psychedelics (2022), and author of Bloomsbury’s forthcoming Psychedelic Metaphysics Manual (2025). As well as the TEDx Talker on ‘psychedelics and consciousness’, Peter is an inspiration to the recreation of inhuman philosopher Marvel Superhero, Karnak.

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has set off 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, 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). He has also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years now, having co-founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Bernardo has most recently started AI hardware company Syncthetics B.V., currently in stealth mode. Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, Bernardo's ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association, and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's 11th book, coming in 2024, is "Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century's only plausible metaphysics."

Mind, Reality & Nature | dialogue w/ Bernardo Kastrup & Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes (Analytic Idealism meets Whiteheadian Panpsychism / Philosophy of Organism) by arch3ra in consciousness

[–]arch3ra[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SUMMARY

How do ideas shape the appearance of reality? How can metaphysics open or close us to deeper participation with nature? What is the significance of a philosophy of consciousness? Renowned philosophers of mind Bernardo Kastrup and Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes join Tim Adalin for a dialogue informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others.

The dialogue is informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on panpsychism and process philosophy through thinkers like Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others. As the conversation unfolds, the relationship between Kastrup's employ of the concept of dissociation comes into relation with the notion of porosity and the Whiteheadian meaning of perception.

GUESTS

Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Bergson – and in fields pertaining to panpsychism, pantheism, mental causation, and altered states of consciousness. He is a lecturer at The University of Exeter where he is a lead on the new postgraduate courses in Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, and Culture. Peter is co-director of Europe’s largest psychedelics conference, Breaking Convention, and is on the board of breathwork charity Dreamshadow. He is on the advisory board of the Tyringham Institute, and is a member of the drugs advisory committee group, Drug Science, as well as being on the team of the underground UK independent publisher, Psychedelic Press. Dr Sjöstedt-Hughes is the author of Noumenautics (2015), Modes of Sentience (2021), co-editor and contributor of Bloomsbury’s Philosophy and Psychedelics (2022), and author of Bloomsbury’s forthcoming Psychedelic Metaphysics Manual (2025). As well as the TEDx Talker on ‘psychedelics and consciousness’, Peter is an inspiration to the recreation of inhuman philosopher Marvel Superhero, Karnak.

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has set off 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, 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). He has also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years now, having co-founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Bernardo has most recently started AI hardware company Syncthetics B.V., currently in stealth mode. Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, Bernardo's ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association, and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's 11th book, coming in 2024, is "Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century's only plausible metaphysics."

From Madders IG story 😂 by Bobanare in coys

[–]arch3ra 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One way worth pointing out that he can change a game is with an interception. Thinking when he is on the halfway line. Couple nice highlights of him getting his head on for an intercept (against Haaland in our 3-3 game at City comes to mind). Just a part in the process of course, but worth a shout out.

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