Dr. Goodwin argues that, under Idealism, all illnesses, not only mental health conditions, are a result of abnormal dynamics in the medium of mind. This includes infections, cancers, and even broken b...

On lasting happiness, enlightenment & meditation: dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup

A dialogue on Advaita Vedanta with Bernardo Kastrup

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Bernado’s case for AI optimism, why humans are the main risk, and why even utopia will need idealism

Bernardo Kastrup on the risks, rewards and future of Artificial Intelligence | SUNDAY 27th Sept

Peter Jones argues that, despite the historical inability of Western metaphysics—especially when compared to science—to eliminate hypotheses and arrive at consensus views, the metaphysical method does...

Jamey Hecht & Bernardo Kastrup consider a metaconscious God, the problem of evil & the divided brain.

We never encounter nature outside consciousness, observes Dr. van Droffelaar. Nature, as lived and known, is always already in it. It is in this sense that wilderness experiences—the felt presence of ...

Samsung Electronics has made a significant co-investment in a European startup seeking to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the artificial intelligence (AI) semi

Samsung joined a $231 million Series A round for Euclyd, a Dutch startup designing AI inference chips on an architecture unlike Nvidia's GPUs.

Nederlandse chipontwerpbedrijven breken internationaal door. Na Fortaegis en Axelera AI zien investeerders brood in de start-up die chips bouwt speciaal voor AI-toepassingen.

Dutch startup Euclyd raised the funding in a round co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, the Scaleup Europe Fund and Innovation Industries.

Als het over tech en Europa gaat, wordt het Nederlandse ASML standaard genoemd. Daar kan zomaar de naam Euclyd bij komen, dat na een succesvolle investeringsronde met miljoenen van Samsung een flinke ...

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Suffering, metaconsciousness and agency in Mind at Large

In this short and accessible essay, Karina Firme uses an idealist metaphysics to explain why integrating rejected aspects of our own personalities discharges the emotional load we normally associate w...

1st Sept 2026 Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT

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David Lloyd returns with another captivating analysis of the isomorphisms—the correspondences of form—between the patterns and regularities  of inner experience and those of the physical world. His wr...

Recorded dialogue: Michael Levin with Bernardo Kastrup 26th August 2026

Wed 26th August: dialogue on the frontier of biology, computer science and philosophy

Science is one powerful tool, but life requires many. On Western Enlightenment, neural correlates and IIT aiming at Markov Blankets | Recording with Bernardo Kastrup 25th Aug 2026

digital design, computer architecture, microelectronics, computer education, artificial intelligence, AI, LLM, deep learning, large language models

RECORDING: Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup at the frontier of biology, quantum physics, life & consciousness | 18th August, 2026

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Tues 18th August, dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup

Through a simple, direct, and very effective thought experiment, Nilsson helps us develop a very concrete and explicit understanding of where events take place: the realm of mind. He further demonstra...

Q&A with Bernardo, 11th August 2026 | 7-9pm UK time / 8-10pm CEST / 2-4pm EDT

Steven Wolfram claims that the "ruliad," the space of all possible computational states in nature, is reality—a structure so complete it contains every possible way of processing information. Our univ...

Objective vs Subjective Idealism | Recorded with Bernardo 4th August 2026.

4th August 2026 Q&A with Bernardo | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT

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In less than 2000 words, Brian Fang shows that 'substance' does not define existence; structure does. What a thing is cannot be separated from the structure that remains stable as everything else chan...

Recorded dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup. 21st July 2026

21st July 2026 | Dialogue & Q&A with Bernardo - 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST

Prof. Cocks recounts the life and ideas of Mary Baker Eddy, a forgotten but founding figure of the New Thought movement in the 20th century, in particular her gnostic-leaning idealist metaphysics. As ...

Sthaneshwar Timalsina & Bernardo Kastrup on the joy, horror & meaning of existence | 14th July 2026

Tue 14th Jul 2026, 12pm – 2pm CDT (UTC -05:00)

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Recording: In a world of words... could AI wake up? Shamil Chandaria in dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup | 7th July, 2026

The question of reality has proceeded uninterrupted with a search “out there,” outside ourselves, but must progress to a search inward towards awareness, argues Adedire. All honest and rigorous inquir...

If you want to wake up to reality, dreams could be nature’s biggest clue | Q&A with Bernardo 30th June, 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST

Going with the flow isn't easy | Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 30th June 2026