Philip Goff: From Panpsychism to Religious Fictionalism

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 93 minutes

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I am super pumped to have Philip Goff on the podcast and give a gigantic endorsement of his new book Galileo's Error: foundations for a new science of consciousness - now available in print, digital, and AUDIO. Goff is a leading philosopher of mind and advocate for a panpsychist account of mind. This new book is successfully written for a wider audience and should not be missed. If you want the super dense philosophical argument check out his text Consciousness and Fundamental Reality. It was a complete blast to finally get to talk to someone I have enjoyed reading and I hope you all enjoy it half as much as I did. In the conversation we discuss... the hard problem of consciousness what is a Russellian monist? the failures of materialism and dualism what exactly is Galileo's error here's the article where Goff discusses religious fictionalism what neuroscience can and can't tell us about consciousness the power of a panpsychist argument Tripp mentions Alfred North Whitehead's Modes of Thought and the chapters Nature Lifeless and Nature Alive. what is consciousness? how is does it vary across reality? why electrons DO NOT have existential angst contrasting micro and macro panpsychism does panpsychism move towards a religious or spiritual worldview? here's talk Goff gave about the anthropic principle Tripp brings up you can tell Tripp is having fun when he decides to bring up more Process connections what is religious fictionalism? Here's the article in which Goff discusses it. Goff's symbolic affirmations that leads to his embrace of the Christian (fictional) faith - Crucifixion: 1)inversion of worldly powers & 2)inevitability of the bad guys winning / Easter: the hope against all odds, that the corrupt powers don't ultimately get the last word. what is the problem of 'Cosmic Alienation'? what would it mean to 'make rigorous' Make sure you check out Philip Goff's very excellent website with tons of resources. Dr. Goff is an excellent twitter follow. This episode is sponsored by our friends at The Pilgrim Press. For everyone asking deep questions and chasing after God’s beauty in the world, The Pilgrim Press is a spiritual companion and resource. Those who love justice can turn to "Courageous Faith" by Emily Heath to nurture their spirits for the work of resistance. Those who love a bit of saucy biblical wisdom can learn from "Jesus and Those Bodacious Women" by the late great Linda Hollies. And those with the heartbreaking task of explaining death to children can lean on "Water Bugs and Dragonflies" by Doris Stickney, an all-time bestseller from The Pilgrim Press. These titles and many more are available through thepilgrimpress.com. The Homebrewed Christianity community can save 10% on orders by using the code HOMEBREWED at checkout. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:38.4	Since 2008, we've been dropping episodes to bring you the goods, and today on the podcast you get to experience the one and only philosopher of consciousness, Philip Gough.
1:50.3	Mm-hmm.
1:51.5	That's right.
1:52.0	Philip Gough is on.
1:53.2	His book just came out this week.
1:55.3	It's called Galileo's Error, Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness.
1:59.8	And I want to give the book a big old hearty
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