Motivations & Aspirations
The different kinds of idealism, the value of suffering, and questions of meaning and purpose
Date: 28 January 2025
Duration: 2h 28m
Title: A community of ambassadors
Duration: 4:41
https://vimeo.com/1226769865/7e0977deba
0:00:00 Welcome to With Reality in Mind
0:05:35 A community spanning disciplines and continents
0:20:40 Bernardo’s vision for a community of ambassadors
0:30:11 Why some people cannot see the philosophical question
0:35:44 What draws us to questions of meaning?
0:40:26 Finding people who make the world feel less lonely
0:50:27 How can idealism become relevant to everyday life?
1:05:14 Bringing medicine and philosophy into conversation
1:10:23 How a worldview changes what spiritual teachings mean
1:15:09 Objective and subjective idealism: the difference
1:20:08 What can our own experience reveal about reality beyond us?
1:25:23 What analytic idealism adds to the picture
1:30:23 Can the Trinity illuminate a reality that is one?
1:35:33 When a tidy explanation misses the mystery
1:45:34 Spiritual practice or another form of consumption?
1:50:14 Could suffering have a purpose?
2:00:10 Does suffering bring depth to life?
2:05:04 Talking to people who do not see their physicalist assumptions
2:10:37 Why Bernardo takes Federico Faggin’s ideas seriously
2:15:00 Shaping the questions we will explore together
If you made it to the launch meeting, thanks so much for your participation!
It was great to hear everyone's motivations for joining, and meet 78 people from around the world with such enthusiasm.
Bernardo also shared some inspiring words about his vision for a community of ambassadors:
The discussion also included introductions from several community members, as well as:
- the different kinds of idealism (objective/subjective/epistemic)
- How to talk with people who aren't even aware they hold physicalist assumptions
- Federico Faggin's interpretation of consciousness units
We also covered the value of suffering, questions of meaning and purpose, the significance of the Trinity and differentiating spiritual practice vs commodified spirituality
We then used an interactive whiteboard to start collating themes and question so I can create a draft schedule for the year.
Below you can find:
- the recording
- how to add a profile photo to your comments
- invitation to the telegram group
In my next message I'll explain how to add further questions and themes.
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Invitation to Telegram Group
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Additionally, we compile a co-created glossary of the main terms which you and read and contribute to.
Looking forward to seeing you next week!
Amir
Bernardo Kastrup
Analytic idealism
Bernardo Kastrup is the Executive Director of Essentia Foundation and Founder/CEO at AI systems company Euclyd BV. His work has set off the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence).
As a scientist, he has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the ‘Casimir Effect’ of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). He has also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years, having founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Most recently, he has founded AI company Euclyd BV.
Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured in Scientific American, the magazine of The Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think, among others. His most defining book is Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century’s only plausible metaphysics.
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