Western thought has been dominated by the dichotomy of traditional religion and secular atheism. But do we have to choose between these options? In this pioneering work, Philip Goff argues that it is time to move on from both God and atheism. Through an exploration of contemporary cosmology and cutting-edge philosophical research on consciousness, Goff argues for cosmic purpose: the idea that the universe is directed towards certain goals, such as the emergence of life. In contrast to reli...

From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture of human consciousness—panpsychism.Understanding how brains produce consciousness is one of the great scientific challenges of our age. Some philosophers argue that consciousness is something "extra," beyond the physical workings of the brain. Others think that if we persist in our standard scientific methods, our questions about consciousness will even...

This volume, originally a special issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies, uses the recent writings of Philip Goff as a jumping-off point for discussions of panpsychism — the idea that consciousness is a fundamental and pervasive aspect of our universe that cannot be understood in other, more basic, terms. The contributors to this book explore various issues of panpsychism from the perspectives of science, philosophy, and theology. Some papers focus on further motivating and developi...

From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture of human consciousness--panpsychismUnderstanding how brains produce consciousness is one of the great scientific challenges of our age. Some philosophers argue that consciousness is something "extra," beyond the physical workings of the brain. Others think that if we persist in our standard scientific methods, our questions about consciousness will even...

Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the "big questions" of meaning and purpose, Western thought has been dominated by the dichotomy of traditional religion and secular atheism. In this pioneering work, Philip Goff argues that it is time to move on from both God and atheism. Through an exploration of contemporary cosmology and cutting-edge philosophical research on consciousness, Goff argues for cosmic purpose: the idea that the universe is directed towards c...

A core philosophical project is the attempt to uncover the fundamental nature of reality, the limited set of facts upon which all other facts depend. Perhaps the most popular theory of fundamental reality in contemporary analytic philosophy is physicalism, the view that the world is fundamentally physical in nature. The first half of this book argues that physicalist views cannot account for the evident reality of conscious experience, and hence that physicalism cannot be true. Unusually f...

Att formulera en teori om hur medvetande uppstår ur neurologisk aktivitet är en av den moderna vetenskapens största utmaningar. Men frågan är om medvetandets mysterium överhuvudtaget kan lösas inom vårt nuvarande vetenskapliga paradigm?I Galileos misstag visar Philip Goff hur Galileo Galileis revolutionerande bedrift att beskriva naturen med ett enbart matematiskt språk förutsatte att allt som inte kan beskrivas matematiskt – färger, dofter, smaker, ljud – skalades bort fr...

Kan man säga att universum har ett syfte? I västerländskt tänkande har frågan länge reducerats till att vara ett val mellan antingen en religiös eller en naturvetenskaplig världsbild. Men tänk om det faktiskt är så att universum kan ha ett syfte, även om det inte är Gud eller något övernaturligt fenomen som har skapat det?Med hjälp av modern kosmologi och den filosofiska spjutspetsforskningen om medvetandet argumenterar den brittiske filosofen Philip Goff för idén om ett kosmiskt s...

Moves the discussion of American civil religion into the twenty-first centuryCivil Religion, a term made popular by sociologist Robert Bellah a little over fifty years ago, describes how people might share in a sacred sense of their nation. While hotly debated, the idea continues to enjoy wide application among academics and journalists. Bellah used civil religion to make sense of the turmoil of the 1960s, especially moral debates provoked by the Vietnam War. Now, a...

Cognition Switch: An Artefact for the Transmission of New IdeasIssue #4: March 2019Featuring Ideas by: James Q Whitman, Costica Bradatan, Angela Kennedy, Matthew Francis, David Munns, Chris Kempes, Van Savage, Neil Levy, Stefani Engelstein, Walter Vannini, Tom Winterbottom, Lori Miller Kase, Matthew Karp, Philip Goff, and Scott Aaronson

Capire come il cervello produce la coscienza è una delle grandi sfide delle neuroscienze, della biologia e della filosofia contemporanee, un territorio ancora inesplorato e apparentemente impenetrabile. Dall'Inghilterra arriva oggi "L'errore di Galileo", il libro-manifesto che porta per la prima volta all'attenzione del grande pubblico una tesi che da anni circola nella comunità scientifica e filosofica: la scienza non sarà in grado di integrare la coscienza nel proprio quadro teorico fin ...

‘Informative, accessible, and fun to read— this is an excellent reference guide for undergraduates and anyone wanting an introduction to the fundamental issues of metaphysics. I know of no other resource like it.’– Meghan Griffith, Davidson College, USA'Marvellous! This book provides the very best place to start for students wanting to take the first step into understanding metaphysics.Undergraduates would do well to buy it and consult it regularly...