Iain McGilchrist & Philip Goff: Is the universe conscious?
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📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/4eStsTF In this captivating discussion, Iain and Philip ask what makes us who we are? Are we merely our brains, or does science only capture part of the human story? Is the universe conscious? Dr. Iain McGilchrist, renowned psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher, and author of the critically acclaimed The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, engages in a thought-provoking event at the UnHerd club with Professor Philip Goff, a leading panpsychist philosopher from Durham University and author of Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness. McGilchrist and Goff dive into the intersections of neuroscience, philosophy, and consciousness, exploring the limits of reductionist science, the nature of the self, and the profound implications of their work for understanding the human mind and its place in the cosmos. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/is-the-universe-conscious/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 02:16 - Introduction 02:16 - 13:57 - The growing popularity of Panpsychism 13:57 - 57:53 - God, religion, and a conscious universe 57:53 - 33:24 - Q&A 1:30:13 - 1:30:45 - Closing thoughts #UnHerd #Panpsychism #IainMcGilchrist
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