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Bernardo Kastrup

@bernardokastrup.bsky.social

Author, philosopher, computer scientist. Executive Director of Essentia Foundation (http://essentiafoundation.org). Views are my own, not Essentia Foundation's.

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Bernardo Kastrup@bernardokastrup.bsky.social · 2w ago

‘Substance’ does not define existence; structure does. What a thing is cannot be separated from the structure that remains stable as everything else changes. To understand an object is to understand its specific pattern of invariance. www.essentiafoundation.org/how-is-an-el...

How is an electron like a cube?

In less than 2000 words, Brian Fang shows that 'substance' does not define existence; structure does. What a thing is cannot be separated from the structure that remains stable as everything else chan...

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Bernardo Kastrup@bernardokastrup.bsky.social · 3w ago

Prof. Cocks recounts the life and ideas of Mary Baker Eddy—a forgotten but founding figure of the New Thought movement in the 20th century—in particular her gnostic-leaning idealist metaphysics. www.essentiafoundation.org/the-idealism...

The idealism of Mary Baker Eddy

Prof. Cocks recounts the life and ideas of Mary Baker Eddy, a forgotten but founding figure of the New Thought movement in the 20th century, in particular her gnostic-leaning idealist metaphysics. As ...

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Bernardo Kastrup@bernardokastrup.bsky.social · last mo.

The question of reality has proceeded uninterrupted with a search “out there,” outside ourselves, but must progress to a search inward towards awareness, argues Adedire. www.essentiafoundation.org/the-urgent-q...

The urgent question of being

The question of reality has proceeded uninterrupted with a search “out there,” outside ourselves, but must progress to a search inward towards awareness, argues Adedire. All honest and rigorous inquir...

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@amirgiles.bsky.social · last mo.

Imagine a desert in which there is just ONE grain of sand that represents the conditions needed to create life. Then imagine this selection happens correctly, many times in a row. Discussion with Jude Currivan & @bernardokastrup.bsky.social www.withrealityinmind.com/instinct-or-...

Overwhelming evidence for purpose, but is it instinctive or planned?

Recording: Jude Currivan & Bernardo Kastrup, 23rd June 2026, exploring a living, evolving universe

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Bernardo Kastrup@bernardokastrup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A clinical neuropsychologist tells us how her ego-dissolution experience led her to a new perspective on science, the ‘soul,’ and life itself. Psychology and spirituality are, she realized, complementary languages describing the reality of consciousness. www.essentiafoundation.org/the-collapse...

The collapse of inner walls: Psychology and spirituality as the unit of consciousness

A clinical neuropsychologist tells us how her own ego-dissolution experience led her to a new perspective on science, the 'soul,' and life itself. Psychology and spirituality are not opposing paths, s...

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Bernardo Kastrup@bernardokastrup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

River Kanies argues that the paradoxical nature of psychological archetypes isn’t contingent, but reflect the very structure of experience: one where irresolvable tension is the impetus to action and the substance of meaning. www.essentiafoundation.org/paradox-as-g...

Paradox as ground: The shadows in the archetypes

River Kanies argues that the paradoxical nature of psychological archetypes isn't contingent, but reflect the very structure of experience: one where irresolvable tension is the impetus to action and ...

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