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IS IDEALISM ENOUGH?
[Is Idealism Enough?
A dialogue between Bernardo Kastrup and Rupert Sheldrake](https://paricenter.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=73647ab0762e1517c63abb375&id=5354a11fc5&e=28f0f61dd3)
Curated and Mediated by Ălex GĂłmez-MarĂn
Tuesday January 21
9:00am PST 12:00pm EST 5:00pm GMT 6:00pm CET
This event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING.
Rupert Sheldrake recently made a series of criticisms of Bernardo Kastrupâs Analytic Idealism on Curt Jaimungalâs Theories of Everything channel. Kastrup soon responded to Rupertâs points and subsequently Rupert sent Kastrup a rejoinder. Here, in a spirit of true collegiality and intellectual pursuit, we will turn this clash into an opportunity to better understand each otherâs position and inquire further into the nature of reality itself. The trialogue between Kastrup, Sheldrake, and Gomez-Marin will be followed by Q&A from the audience.
Links
1. Sheldrakeâs criticisms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM_SoCa7t-c
2. Kastrupâs responses
https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2024/11/response-to-rupert-sheldrakes.html
3. Sheldrakeâs rejoinder
https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2024/12/rupert-sheldrakes-rejoinder.html
Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has set off the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the âCasimir Effectâ of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). He has also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years now, having co-founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Bernardo has most recently started AI hardware company Syncthetics B.V., currently in stealth mode. Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, Bernardoâs ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association, and Big Think, among others. Bernardoâs 11th book, coming in 2024, is Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-centuryâs only plausible metaphysics. For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., please visit www.bernardokastrup.com.
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of more than 100 technical papers and twelve books, including Science and Spiritual Practices. A former Research Fellow of the Royal Society, he studied natural sciences at Cambridge University, where he took a Ph.D. in biochemistry, and philosophy at Harvard University, where he was a Frank Knox Fellow. He was a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and director of studies in cell biology. From 2005-2010 he was director of the Perrott-Warrick Project, funded by Trinity College, Cambridge, for research on unexplained human and animal abilities. He is currently a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, near San Francisco, and also of Schumacher College, in Devon. For more information, please visit https://www.sheldrake.org/