Bernardo Kastrup Explained

Bernardo Kastrup
Birth Name:Bernardo Kastrup
Birth Date:21 October 1974
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality:Dutch
Education:
Occupation:Philosopher, Scientist, Author
Known For:Analytic Idealism

Bernardo Kastrup (born October 21, 1974) is a Dutch philosopher and computer scientist best known for his work in the field of consciousness studies, particularly his development of analytic idealism, a form of metaphysical idealism grounded in the analytic philosophical tradition. He has written several books and papers arguing against physicalism and proposing that consciousness is the fundamental aspect of reality. Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation, which curates and publishes "the latest analytic and scientific indications that metaphysical materialism is fundamentally flawed."[1]

Early life and education

Kastrup was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and later moved to Switzerland, but currently lives in the Netherlands.

Kastrup received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology, where his research focused on reconfigurable computing and artificial intelligence.

He earned his second Ph.D. in Philosophy from Radboud University Nijmegen, with his research focused on philosophy of mind and ontology. His doctoral dissertation was Analytic Idealism: A consciousness-only ontology,[2] which articulated the metaphysical position he would continue to develop and for which he would soon become most widely known.

Career

Since the publication of his dissertation, Kastrup has continued to advance and popularize his theory.[3] [4] He has written for numerous publications, including Scientific American,[5] where his articles critique physicalist interpretations of consciousness and offer an idealist alternative.[6]

Philosophical work

Kastrup is best known for the development of analytic idealism, a metaphysical and ontological framework that posits phenomenal consciousness is the fundamental "reduction base" of reality as a whole, and that individual minds are dissociations of the monist universal mind.[7] [8] [9]

Kastrup has engaged in a number of public debates with prominent figures in both science and philosophy, including neuroscientist Christof Koch, philosopher Graham Oppy, lecturer/writer Susan Blackmore, cognitive scientist Donald D. Hoffman, philosopher Philip Goff, and physicist and science educator Sabine Hossenfelder.[10] [11] [12] [13] These debates have sometimes been adversarial and incited controversy.[14]

Selected published works

Some of Kastrup's notable works include:

Published books

Personal life

Kastrup lives in the Netherlands and continues to write and lecture on philosophy, consciousness, and the nature of reality.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Essentia . Essentia Foundation . September 14, 2024 . August 10, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240810163840/https://www.essentiafoundation.org/about-us-2/ . live .
  2. Kastrup . Bernardo . Analytic Idealism: A consciousness-only ontology . Radboud University Nijmegen . 978-94-028-1400-2 . 2019.
  3. News: Christian . Jon . 2019-03-25 . Physicists Are Starting to Suspect Physical Reality Is an Illusion . The Byte . Futurism.
  4. News: Bilderbeck . Poppy . October 30, 2023 . Scientist claims humans have no free will . Unilad.
  5. Web site: Kastrup . Bernardo . Author: Bernardo Kastrup . Scientific American . September 14, 2024 . September 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914180027/https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/bernardo-kastrup/ . live .
  6. Kastrup . Bernardo . March 2019 . Physics Is Pointing Inexorably to Mind . Scientific American . 2 . 3 . None . 10.1038/scientificamericanspace0619-34 . September 14, 2024 . September 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914180256/https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/observations/physics-is-pointing-inexorably-to-mind/ . live .
  7. News: Davies . Alan . April 9, 2024 . The mysteries of near-death experiences . The Guardian . Letters . September 14, 2024 . September 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914175940/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/09/the-mysteries-of-near-death-experiences . live .
  8. News: Tizzard . David A. . May 4, 2024 . Bernado Kastrup and Korea's search for meaning . The Korea Times.
  9. Web site: Berman . Robby . June 27, 2018 . Are we all multiple personalities of universal consciousness? . Big Think . September 14, 2024 . May 20, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520123038/https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/are-we-all-multiple-personalities-of-universal-consciousness/ . live .
  10. Web site: Goff . Philip . 2020-07-08 . Response to Bernardo Kastrup . Conscience and Consciousness . September 14, 2024 . September 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914180501/https://conscienceandconsciousness.com/2020/07/08/response-to-bernardo-kastrup/ . live .
  11. Web site: Kastrup . Bernardo . 2022-02-09 . The fantasy behind Sabine Hossenfelder's superdeterminism . Essentia Foundation . September 14, 2024 . September 10, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240910182035/https://www.essentiafoundation.org/the-fantasy-behind-sabine-hossenfelders-superdeterminism/reading/ . live .
  12. Bernardo Kastrup vs. Sabine Hossenfelder: Superdeterminism . Feb 25, 2022 . Jaimungal . Curt . Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal . Youtube . September 14, 2024 . August 3, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240803022742/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJmBmopxc1k . live .
  13. Web site: 2020-08-20 . Bernardo Kastrup Argues for a Universal Mind as a Reasonable Idea . Mind Matters . September 14, 2024 . September 29, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230929050120/https://mindmatters.ai/2020/08/bernardo-kastrup-argues-for-a-universal-mind-as-a-reasonable-idea/ . live .
  14. Web site: Kastrup . Bernardo . Some of my best adversarial debates, as captured in video . Bernardo Kastrup . September 14, 2024 . June 2, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240602100445/https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2024/05/some-of-my-adversarial-debates.html . live .
  15. Bazaluk . O. A. . 2018-12-18 . The Ontology of Existence: The Next Paradigm. A Review of the Book "The Idea of the World: A Multi-Disciplinary Argument for the Mental Nature of Reality", by Bernardo Kastrup . Anthropological Measurements of Philosophical Research . 14 . 180–183 . 10.15802/ampr.v0i14.151745 . 2304-9685 . August 9, 2024 . August 9, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240809201950/https://ampr.ust.edu.ua/article/view/151745 . live .
  16. Heyning . Eduard C. . 2021-10-02 . Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe. (2021). By Bernardo Kastrup. IFF Books. . Psychological Perspectives . en . 64 . 4 . 593–595 . 10.1080/00332925.2021.2044186 . 0033-2925 . August 9, 2024 . September 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240914180456/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00332925.2021.2044186 . live .

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