How do we know what happens around us? Is the whole universe conscious? Dr. Michael Egnor and Dr. Bernardo Kastrup discuss panpsychism, cosmopsychism, and conciousness.

Show Notes

• 00:35 | Introducing Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
• 01:29 | Panpsychism and cosmopsychism
• 02:42 | Using your senses to convey information to the mind
• 04:24 | Communicating feelings
• 05:33 | Differentiating complex internal states from simple ones
• 06:44 | A definition of consciousness
• 07:40 | Refuting panpsychism
• 12:06 | How is cosmopsychism different from panpsychism?
• 14:40 | The solution to the decomposition problem

Additional Resources

• Bernardo Kastrup’s website
• Panpsychism and cosmopsychism at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Sabine Hossenfelder’s website