The central question addressed in this course is: How do (and if they do) mind (consciousness) and body (matter) interact? We will cover much of the following, depending on level of participants: The “hard problem” of consciousness, David Chalmers’ supervenience and zombies; Overview of philosophical theories of mind; Panpsychism in the west, including the role of AQAL integral and Wilberian theory, Whitehead’s process theory, Motoyama’s superconsciousness, and Bhaskar’s MetaReality; Attempts at scientific theories of mind; Focus on the question whether the physical universe causally closed; The quantum measurement problem, the encounter of quantum physics with consciousness; and transrational perspectives.
- Teacher: Thomas Brophy