A no-nonsense, science-based argument that flips our worldview on its head and finds a fundamental role for mind in nature.
A no-nonsense, science-based argument that flips our worldview on its head and finds a fundamental role for mind in nature.
Metaphysics, Physics (general), Time
As the failures of physicalism begin to shake the confidence of even the most biased of its supporters, a new view on the nature of reality is establishing itself as the only tenable alternative: Analytic Idealism. According to it, there is a world out there independent of our individual minds, but such a world is - just like ourselves - also mental or experiential. While being a realist, naturalist, rationalist, and even reductionist view, Analytic Idealism flips our culture-bound intuitions on their head, revealing that only through understanding our own inner nature can we understand the nature of the world. This book embodies its author's years-long experience on how best to explain Analytic Idealism to someone who has never studied it before, and has no background in the technical fields involved. It meets the readers where they are, holding their hand as they are shown - through a series of evocative metaphors - how to see through their own unexamined assumptions, so to realize how the impossible dilemmas of physicalism disappear when nature is regarded from a slightly different slant. The conclusions have tremendous implications for our values and way of life, as well as our understanding of purpose, self, identity, and death.
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As far as books making a case for metaphysical conjectures go, Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell is highly readable. Dr. Kastrup uses language to paint a picture so well that when he's describing something, you might think it's actually there in front of you. Clear, concise, and generally well-argued... Overall, this book will likely stretch you to think about things in a way you haven't before, and for that it ought to be commended. ~ Ethan Hansen - Quantum Computing Now
In short, the conclusions have tremendous implications for our values and way of life, as well as our understanding of purpose, self, identity, and death. ~ Anne Carlini - Exclusive Magazine , Full Review - https://annecarlini.com/ex_books.php?id=725
'Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell' is a breath of fresh air in a field dominated by the denial of that which is most directly given to us: consciousness. The book lucidly and powerfully articulates an idealism for the 21st century – I read it in a single sitting. This view embraces everything that science has discovered about the world and its regularities, including the brain, and interprets these findings within an ultimate reality construed as mental. The view has some fascinating implications frowned upon by mainstream thinking, in particular mind-at-large. ~ Dr. Christof Koch, PhD, neuroscientist and former head of the Allen Institute, author of 'Then I am myself the world'
