Beyond Us: Knowledge with Rebecca Goldstein | Bernardo Kastrup & Fred Matser
184Few things are more valued by 21st century humans than knowledge. But how is it acquired? Cognitive psychology tells us that we leverage a variety of functions which can be roughly divided into two classes: the 'mental' and the 'feeling' faculties. Our culture increasingly champions knowledge based on reason and disparages feelings and intuitions. But what might we have lost (as well as gained), from this epistemic hierarchy, and how should knowledge be made and managed to produce the best possible outcomes.
Series hosts Bernardo Kastrup and Fred Matser discuss this fascinating topic with Canadian philosopher and champion of the enlightenment project, Rebecca Goldstein.
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Rebecca Goldstein is a philosopher and novelist, author of Plato at Googleplex, Visiting Professor of Philosophy at New York University and New College of the Humanities, and one of three philosophers who have been awarded the US National Humanities Medal.
Bernardo Kastrup is a Dutch computer scientist, philosopher, and one of the most prominent defenders of "metaphysical idealism" - the notion that reality is essentially mental - in the academic world today. Bernardo has worked as a scientist in leading laboratories across the world including CERN and the Philips Research Laboratories, and he is a regular contributor to Scientific American.
Fred Matser is the founder & chairman of the Fred Foundation and a leading Dutch humanitarian. He has been active in social and ecological transformation and is the founder and co-founder of a wide range of charitable foundations that span the fields of health, environment, nature conservation, peace and global transformation. The principles underlying these foundations are based on inspiring co-creativity, self-sufficiency, empowerment, inspiration and harmony.
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