What is the best available evidence for the survival
of human consciousness after permanent bodily death? For self-evident
reasons, this is undoubtedly a central question for all of us. Yet,
the question itself already betrays a ubiquitous but nonetheless unexamined
assumption: that the postmortem survival of human consciousness isn’t
- at least in principle—the expected outcome and, therefore,
one needs the best possible evidence to convince oneself of it.
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Bernardo Kastrup is a Dutch doctor of philosophy
, computer engineering and artificial intelligence . He has worked
as a scientist in the world's leading laboratories. He leads the modern
revival of metaphysical idealism.
Born in Rio de Janeiro , of Danish-Portuguese descent,
and based in the Netherlands , Kastrup is Executive Director of the
Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern revival
of metaphysical idealism , the notion that reality is essentially
mental .
He has a doctorate in philosophy ( ontology , philosophy
of mind ) and another doctorate in computer engineering (reconfigurable
computing, artificial intelligence ). As a scientist he has worked
for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Philips
Research Laboratories (where the "Casimir effec" of quantum
field theory was discovered ).
Expressed in detail in many scholarly articles and
books, his ideas have appeared in Scientific American, the Institute
of Art and Ideas , the American Philosophical Association Blog, and
Big Think , among others
Bernardo Kastrup é o diretor executivo da
Essentia Foundation. Seu trabalho tem liderado o renascimento moderno
do idealismo metafísico, a noção de que a realidade
é essencialmente mental. Ele tem um Ph.D. em filosofia (ontologia,
filosofia da mente) e outro Ph.D. em engenharia da computação
(computação reconfigurável, inteligência
artificial). Como cientista, Bernardo trabalhou para a Organização
Europeia para a Pesquisa Nuclear (CERN) e para os Laboratórios
de Pesquisa Philips (onde foi descoberto o 'Efeito Casimir' da Teoria
Quântica de Campos). Formuladas em detalhes em muitos trabalhos
acadêmicos e livros, suas ideias foram apresentadas no 'Scientific
American', no 'Institute of Art and Ideas', no 'Blog da American Philosophical
Association' e no 'Big Think', entre outros.