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Bernardo Kastrup'' is a Dutch computer scientist and philosopher who has published fundamental theoretical reflections on the mind - matter - problem in Scientific American and other renowned journals.

==Life==
'''Bernardo Kastrup''' has a PhD in computer engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology and specializes in artificial intelligence and reconfigurable computing. He has worked as a scientist in some of the leading research laboratories, including the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Philips Research Laboratories. Bernardo Kastrup has written many scientific papers and books on philosophy and natural sciences.

==Theory==
Kastrup proposes an idealist ontology that makes sense of reality in a more parsimonious and empirically rigorous manner than main-stream physicalism (=materialism), bottom-up panpsychism, and cosmopsychism. The ontology proposed by him and some of his colleagues also offers more explanatory power than these three alternatives, in that it does not fall prey to the "hard problem of consciousness", the combination problem, or the decombination problem, respectively.
His thesis can be summarized as follows: there is only cos-mic consciousness.
We, as well as all other living organisms, are but dissociated alters of cosmic consciousness, surrounded by its thoughts. The inanimate world we see around us is the extrinsic appearance of these thoughts. The living organisms we share the world with are the extrinsic appearances of other dissociated "alters".
What is special about Kastrup is that he argues very precisely and logically, point by point, and not only appeals to a general prior understanding or metaphysical convictions. He attaches great importance to the fact that his theory explains the empirical findings both from quantum physics and from neurophysiological research well and simply.
He presents this point of view so logically conclusively and clearly that we can assume that the materialism (or physicalism) in all its variations, which is currently still considered "scientific" in ideological discussions, is fundamentally refuted or its unsuitability as a scientifically meaningful explanatory principle for a comprehensive understanding of the world is proven.

==Further Literature==

*[https://www.bernardokastrup.com/] Bernardo Kastrup's own website.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ZfgM2attA| Conversation with Joshua David Bloom]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2uTbmHCMA| Lecture at the University of Zurich January 2018]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_txcadOeAM| Interview with Deepak Chopra.]
*[https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2018/07/introducing-idea-of-world.html] His new book, "Introducing the Idea of the World."]

== Footnotes ==

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	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_txcadOeAM Interview with Deepak Chopra.]		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_txcadOeAM Interview with Deepak Chopra.]
	*His new book, [https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2018/07/introducing-idea-of-world.html ''Introducing the Idea of the World''.]		*His new book, [https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2018/07/introducing-idea-of-world.html ''Introducing the Idea of the World''.]
		+	*As a further development of this issue you can read in the report by Harald Walach of the [https://www.galileocommission.org/ Galileo Commission] as part of [https://explore.scimednet.org „The Scientific and Medical Network“] [https://www.galileocommission.org/report/#summary „Beyond a Materialist Worldview. Towards and Expanded Science”]<ref>Download of full report: https://www.galileocommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Science-Beyond-A-Materialist-World-View_compressed.pdf</ref>.
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 ==Further Literature==
-*[https://www.bernardokastrup.com | Bernardo Kastrup's own website.]
+*[https://www.bernardokastrup.com Bernardo Kastrup's own website.]
-*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ZfgM2attA| Conversation with Joshua David Bloom]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ZfgM2attA Conversation with Joshua David Bloom]
-*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2uTbmHCMA| Lecture at the University of Zurich January 2018]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2uTbmHCMA Lecture at the University of Zurich January 2018]
-*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_txcadOeAM| Interview with Deepak Chopra.]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_txcadOeAM Interview with Deepak Chopra.]
-*His new book, [https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2018/07/introducing-idea-of-world.html| ''Introducing the Idea of the World''.]
+*His new book, [https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2018/07/introducing-idea-of-world.html ''Introducing the Idea of the World''.]

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 ==Theory==
-Kastrup proposes an idealist ontology that makes sense of reality in a  more  parsimonious  and  empirically  rigorous  manner  than  main-stream physicalism (=materialism), bottom-up panpsychism, and cosmopsychism. The ontology proposed by him and some of his colleagues also  offers  more  explanatory  power  than  these three alternatives, in that it does not fall prey to the "hard problem of consciousness", the combination problem, or the decombination problem, respectively.
+Kastrup proposes an idealist ontology that makes sense of reality in a  more  parsimonious  and  empirically  rigorous  manner  than  main-stream physicalism (=materialism), bottom-up panpsychism, and cosmopsychism. The ontology proposed by him and some of his colleagues also  offers  more  explanatory  power  than  these three alternatives, in that it does not fall prey to the "hard problem of consciousness"“<ref>for thorough explanation see: http://isharonline.org/hard-problem</ref>, the combination problem, or the decombination problem, respectively.
 </br>His thesis can be summarized as follows: '''There is only cosmic consciousness. '''
 </br>We, as well as all other living organisms, are but dissociated  alters  of  cosmic  consciousness,  surrounded  by  its thoughts.  The  inanimate  world  we  see  around  us  is  the  extrinsic appearance  of  these  thoughts.  The  living  organisms  we  share  the world with are the extrinsic appearances of other dissociated '''alters''.

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 </br>We, as well as all other living organisms, are but dissociated  alters  of  cosmic  consciousness,  surrounded  by  its thoughts.  The  inanimate  world  we  see  around  us  is  the  extrinsic appearance  of  these  thoughts.  The  living  organisms  we  share  the world with are the extrinsic appearances of other dissociated '''alters''.
-What is special about Kastrup is that he argues very precisely and logically, point by point, and not only appeals to a general prior understanding or metaphysical convictions. He attaches great importance to the fact that his theory explains the empirical findings both from quantum physics and from neurophysiological research well and simply.
+What is special about Kastrup is that he argues very precisely and logically, point by point, and not only appeals to a general a priori understanding or metaphysical convictions. He attaches great importance to the fact that his theory explains the empirical findings both from quantum physics and from neurophysiological research well and simply.
-He presents this point of view so logically conclusively and clearly that we can assume that the materialism (or physicalism) in all its variations, which is currently still considered "scientific" in ideological discussions, is fundamentally refuted or its unsuitability as a scientifically meaningful explanatory principle for a comprehensive understanding of the world is proven.
+He presents this point of view so logically, conclusively and clearly that we can assume that materialism (or physicalism) in all its variations, which is currently still considered "scientific" in ideological discussions, is fundamentally refuted or that its suitability as a scientifically meaningful explanatory principle for a comprehensive understanding of the world is disproven.
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 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2uTbmHCMA| Lecture at the University of Zurich January 2018]
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_txcadOeAM| Interview with Deepak Chopra.]
-*[https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2018/07/introducing-idea-of-world.html| His new book, ''Introducing the Idea of the World''.]
+*His new book, [https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2018/07/introducing-idea-of-world.html| ''Introducing the Idea of the World''.]

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 <p style="text-align: right">[[Donate|'''Support FreeWiki''']]</p>
-<p style="text-align: right">in English language: [[:de:Bernardo_Kastrup|Bernardo Kastrup]]</p>
+<p style="text-align: right">in German language: [[:de:Bernardo_Kastrup|Bernardo Kastrup]]</p>
 [[File: Bernardo Kastrup.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bernardo Kastrup]]
 '''Bernardo Kastrup''' is a Dutch computer scientist and philosopher who has published fundamental theoretical reflections on the mind - matter - problem in Scientific American and other renowned journals.
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 ==Further Literature==
-*[https://www.bernardokastrup.com/| Bernardo Kastrup's own website.
+*[https://www.bernardokastrup.com/| Bernardo Kastrup's own website.]
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ZfgM2attA| Conversation with Joshua David Bloom]
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2uTbmHCMA| Lecture at the University of Zurich January 2018]