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Bernardo Kastrup

Dutch philosopher and computer engineer (b. 1974) who argues that consciousness, not matter, is the foundation of reality ('analytic idealism').

2019 CE · 51.81, 5.84 · status: disputed

The account

Kastrup holds PhDs in computer engineering (Eindhoven, 2001) and philosophy (Radboud University Nijmegen, 2019), has worked at CERN, and directs the Essentia Foundation. His books include 'Why Materialism Is Baloney' (2014) and 'The Idea of the World' (2019). He has discussed postmortem survival with Jeffrey Mishlove on New Thinking Allowed.

The sceptical view

Physicist Sean Carroll criticised his reading of quantum mechanics; most philosophers and scientists remain physicalists.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Bernardo Kastrup
  2. New Thinking Allowed: Postmortem Survival and Analytical Idealism
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