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InTheEndEntropyWins t1_iwvff9e wrote

I do worry about philosophy in general when it accepts people like Kastrup as a proper philosopher.

I struggle to understand how any intelligent person takes him seriously.

>Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism

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MyPhillyAccent t1_iwvlr4c wrote

To each his own. I really enjoyed most of the essays in Science Ideated and his other books are certainly worth a read. Starting Decoding Schopenhauer's Metaphysics now, we'll see how this one goes.

Its exciting, to me at least, diving into books who challenge the tacit acceptance of determinism, etc. Especially nowadays when we know for a fact we live in a non-local universe.

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FUNNY_NAME_ALL_CAPS t1_iwvwf76 wrote

I don't know the depths of his work beyond arguing for metaphysical idealism, but I research psychedelic drugs and his argument here is completely wrong.

> No, I am not kidding. Blue represents decreased brain activity. I didn’t create this figure; I downloaded it from the paper in question. Here is the direct link if you want to check it. Contrary to what the researchers claim in their reply, the findings in this paper weren’t “only modest increases in brain blood flow confined to the visual cortex”; they were of widespread decreases in activity throughout the brain.

If you actually look at the figure you see reductions in alpha activity, which would indicate increased brain activity as alpha rhythms are suppressive.

Not citing a paper here but quick copy/paste from wikipedia:

> Alpha waves are reduced with open eyes and sleep, while they are enhanced during drowsiness. Historically, they were thought to represent the activity of the visual cortex in an idle state. More recent papers have argued that they inhibit areas of the cortex not in use, or alternatively that they play an active role in network coordination and communication.

Kastrup ignores this and just states blue = less activity. He also proceeded to die on this hill and continue to try to engage in debate with actual scientists that understand EEG.

If he's this arrogant about fields he's uneducated about I'm not so interested in his philosophy.

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MyPhillyAccent t1_iwwglba wrote

ha! I had a convo with my SO about that essay, tried to wrap our heads around it, ended up chatting about the ego for a bit.

I enjoy Kastrup, his writing supports interesting thoughts and conversations about the philosophical implications of living in a non-local universe. Without having to delve into old religions.

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InTheEndEntropyWins t1_iwvoias wrote

I'm currently reading Warhammer books, and they are really interesting and actually there are some interesting ideas that teach me stuff. Kastrup's books are completely fiction just like the Warhammer books.

I just take issue when people try and classify Kastrup's stuff as philosophy rather than fiction.

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