Bernardo Kastrup 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).
A brief overview of his work in the form of a catechism is Materialism vs Idealism ( youtube.com/watch?v=uArSolZX19U) and Top 10 Fallacies of Materialism ( youtube.com/watch?v=2m7BxlWlvzc).
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:34 Bernardo's journey from materialism to idealism
00:07:08 Materialism vs Analytical idealism
00:14:03 Dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder) and consciousness
00:19:20 Why does life has a separate consciousness and not, say, a rock?
00:29:14 What does it mean to "explain" without reductionism?
00:30:25 Why not start with "nothing"? What would a theory like that look like?
00:32:15 What does it mean to "exist"? Do abstractions exist?
00:35:53 Theories of "truth" other than correspondence
00:47:56 Randomness doesn't exist fundamentally
00:51:05 If the mind is deceptive then what do we trust?
00:57:44 Is "Mind At Large" God? Can you pray to it?
01:01:07 Morality and purpose
01:08:12 On disagreements with Joscha Bach
01:12:30 On disagreements with Daniel Dennett
01:17:37 On disagreements with Dawkins
01:19:43 On disagreements with Douglas Hofstadter
01:36:18 If everything is "in the mind" then why are objects independently verified and exert an influence when I'm gone?
01:38:56 On disagreements with Donald Hoffman and Thomas Campbell
01:44:01 The distinction between "in your head" and "in your mind" is crucial
01:54:39 On disagreements with Carl Jung
01:57:44 On disagreements with Roger Penrose
01:59:56 Why parsimony in assumptions? Why not many assumptions?
02:06:52 Curt says Bernardo's theory isn't better than the Flying Spaghetti Monster
02:13:48 On Schopenhauer
02:19:30 How to properly read Jung
02:25:11 Bernardo and Curt speak about the "new age" and "woo"
02:31:00 On Deepak Chopra
02:36:53 Does Bernardo fear death? (a story about ego death)
02:49:17 If this reality is a "dream", how much can we control it?
02:54:29 Choice, free will, and becoming a slave voluntarily
02:56:40 The intellect is a bouncer of the heart
02:58:08 The East vs the West have different answers to the suffering of life
03:02:20 The "self" is an illusion worth saving
03:06:02 Bernardo almost killed himself twice, and later found meaning in the suffering
03:10:14 On the pain of writing
03:15:59 Should you ever regret? (Buddhism vs Christianity)
03:20:39 If consciousness is all there is, and the self is an illusion, why did the East get that and not the West?
03:25:48 Can you have morality / ethics within materialism?
03:26:59 What's the weakest point of Bernardo's model?
03:28:25 Is there anything special about biological life?
03:34:36 Logic
03:36:27 What beats rationality? What's the "game of all games"?
03:45:33 How does Bernardo write? What's the process look like?
03:51:19 Bernardo gives Curt advice
04:03:51 Don't feel like "others have it worse." Honor your suffering.
04:06:22 Don't take yourself seriously but take life seriously
04:07:59 Disagreements with Tony Robbins and self-help
04:15:00 Brain as a radio tuner (Plastic Pears)
04:24:29 How to falsify Bernardo's theory? What predictions does his model make?
04:27:29 Other audience questions
04:29:31 The relationship between universal consciousness and the Platonic Realm (Sessaly)
04:33:57 These metaphysical questions are dangerous questions
- Escaping the Illusion: Bernardo Kastrup Exposes Reality ( Download)
- Live Café Ecológico: A IMPORTÂNCIA DA BIODIVERSIDADE E DOS SERVIÇOS ECOSSISTÊMICOS EM ÁREAS URBANAS ( Download)
