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Bernardo kastrup why materialism is baloney how true skeptics know there is no death and fathom answers to life, the universe, and everything. Ken wheeler the missing secrets of magnetism theoria. Review of why materialism is baloney by bernardo kastrup, jspr 79, 165171 2015. Experimental loopholefree violation of a bell inequality. May 24, 2015 bernardo kastrup, a computer engineer turned metaphysician, recently posted a short essay called the threat of panpsychism. Read rationalist spirituality an exploration of the meaning of life and existence informed by logic and science by bernardo kastrup available from rakuten kobo.
During the interview kastrup discusses his beliefs about human consciousness. He has worked as a scientist in some of the worlds foremost research laboratories, including the european organization for nuclear research cern and the philips research laboratories where the casimir effect. I found the essay somewhat encouraging if only because it is another signal that contemporary philosophy both within and outside academia is moving beyond the tired materialism v. This question has been addressed by religions since t. One is bernardo kastrup, a computer engineer and author of several books.
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