In our second discussion, Bernardo Kastrup and I discuss the nature of mind at large, my Absolute idealism, truth, evolution, the importance of idealism to life, and questions from the YouTube community.
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0:00:00 - Introduction
0:02:23 - My Absolute idealism in summary
0:10:30 - Schopenhauer and his misrepresentation
0:14:51 - Kastrup further explains his Jungian understanding of Mind at Large
0:27:21 - Is mind at large _developing_ or _evolving_?
0:37:48 - The nature of truth, mathematics, and the facts there are
0:56:46 - The eternity of mind at large and the absolute truth of its metacognition
1:03:08 - Kastrup's language of spacetime and the needs of successful argument
1:09:32 - My Absolute idealism and philosophical argument
1:14:58 - Evolutionary arguments against metacognition
1:18:35 - "The blob", parts, and truthmakers
1:31:40 - The epistemology and metaphysics of truth
1:36:52 - The importance of idealism to culture and life
1:45:38 - Mechanisms of evolution in analytic idealism
1:53:22 - Dissociation in non-metacognitive consciousness and self-awareness
1:58:40 - Projecting consciousness with or without meta-cognition
2:02:05 - A monkey on a rock vs the highest state of mental evolution
2:20:00 - The problem of evil
2:25:37 - Questions from the community
_____Channel description_____
I am a graduate of Cambridge University with a PhD in Philosophy, and I am also an affiliated researcher there alongside doing some lecturing and tuition. My thesis was on the nature of truth, and I specialise in metaphysics, logic, and the history of analytic philosophy. I believe philosophy should be made accessible to the curious and philosophers have a duty to reenter the public debate on the questions of importance to our age. This channel is my attempt to do that!
On a personal level, I am a lucky husband, and proud father of two young boys that keep me very much grounded!
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