Bernardo Kastrup on Idealism, Materialism, The Self, and the Connectedness of You and I

In this episode Bernardo Kastrup explores the foundations of consciousness, arguing for analytical idealism over materialism and examining the nature of the self, free will, and morality. Curt and Bernardo debate a wide range of thinkers from Joscha Bach to Carl Jung, probing how reality might be a mental construct and what that means for meaning and purpose.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:02:34 - Bernardo's journey from materialism to idealism- 00:07:08 - Materialism vs analytical idealism- 00:14:03 - Dissociative identity disorder and consciousness- 00:19:20 - Why does life have separate consciousness?- 00:29:14 - Meaning of "explain" without reductionism- 00:30:25 - Starting with "nothing"? Theory outline- 00:32:15 - What does "exist" mean? Do abstractions exist?- 00:35:53 - Theories of truth beyond correspondence- 00:47:56 - Randomness doesn't exist fundamentally- 00:51:05 - If mind is deceptive, what do we trust?- 00:57:44 - Is "Mind at Large" God? Can you pray to it?- 01:01:07 - Morality and purpose- 01:08:12 - Disagreements with Joscha Bach- 01:12:30 - Disagreements with Daniel Dennett- 01:17:37 - Disagreements with Dawkins- 01:19:43 - Disagreements with Douglas Hofstadter- 01:36:18 - If everything is "in the mind" why do objects influence us?- 01:38:56 - Disagreements with Donald Hoffman and Thomas Campbell- 01:44:01 - Distinction between "in your head" and "in your mind"- 01:54:39 - Disagreements with Carl Jung- 01:57:44 - Disagreements with Roger Penrose- 01:59:56 - Why parsimony in assumptions?- 02:06:52 - Curt says Bernardo's theory isn't better than FSM- 02:13:48 - On Schopenhauer- 02:19:30 - How to properly read Jung- 02:25:11 - Bernardo and Curt on "new age" and "woo"- 02:31:00 - On Deepak Chopra- 02:36:53 - Does Bernardo fear death? (ego death story)- 02:49:17 - If reality is a "dream", how much can we control it?- 02:54:29 - Choice, free will, and becoming a slave voluntarily- 02:56:40 - The intellect is a bouncer of the heart- 02:58:08 - East vs West answers to suffering- 03:02:20 - The "self" is an illusion worth saving- 03:06:02 - Bernardo almost killed himself twice, found meaning- 03:10:14 - On the pain of writing- 03:15:59 - Should you ever regret? (Buddhism vs Christianity)- 03:20:39 - Why East got self illusion, not West?- 03:25:48 - Morality/ethics within materialism- 03:26:59 - Weakest point of Bernardo's model- 03:28:25 - Anything special about biological life?- 03:34:36 - Logic- 03:36:27 - What beats rationality? The "game of all games"- 03:45:33 - How does Bernardo write? Process- 03:51:19 - Bernardo gives Curt advice- 04:03:51 - Don't feel like "others have it worse." Honor suffering- 04:06:22 - Don't take yourself seriously but take life seriously- 04:07:59 - Disagreements with Tony Robbins and self-help- 04:15:00 - Brain as a radio tuner (Plastic Pears)- 04:24:29 - How to falsify Bernardo's theory? Predictions- 04:27:29 - Other audience questions- 04:33:57 - Metaphysical questions are dangerousSPONSORS:- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- PayPal: https://bit.ly/2EOR0M4- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Google Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Id3k7k7mfzahfx2fjqmw3vufb44RESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/lAB21FAXCDE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices