"Your Consciousness is Not in Your Head." | Interview with BERNARDO KASTRUP, PhD | ICPR 2022

ERNARDO KASTRUP, PHD is Philosopher and Founder of the Essential Foundation in the Netherlands.
Recorded at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2022, in Haarlem, The Netherlands.
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Questions:
0:00 Intro
0:05 What is your criticism about the interpretation of brain imaging studies?
1:31 What is a universal consciousness? How do you define that?
2:20 Are your views close to Spinoza's views?
4:58 What can we learn about reality from the cases of people suffering from dissociative disorders?
6:47 If I understand you correctly, psychedelics kind of reverse this dissociation. Can you explain how they fit into your worldview?
8:19 Is there any empirical research which could prove your theory of reality? Is there any kind of research which could do that?
9:55 How do you see the role of psychedelics in the future? What can they do to human civilization?
10:50 Are you optimistic about the future of humankind in general?
11:05 Could your theory bring us towards the question of why my consciousness is in my head and your consciousness is yours?


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