Excerpt from Kastrup's presentation on August 25, 2024. Sign up for the course to watch the full video!

Bernardo Kastrup is the Executive Director of the Essentia Foundation, and a renowned philosopher and computer scientist, widely recognized for his work on the nature of consciousness. Holding a Ph.D. in computer engineering and another in philosophy, he is a leading proponent of analytical idealism, the view that reality is fundamentally mental. Kastrup has authored several influential books, including "Why Materialism Is Baloney" and "The Idea of the World," which challenge mainstream physicalist perspectives and offer profound insights into the nature of existence.