Vedanta Philosopher and Humanist Philosopher Discuss Mind, Physicalism and the Nature of Self

Akhaṇḍādhi Dāsa, David Pearce · Lecture · 1h 27m· Dec 2022

Transhumanist philosopher David Pearce defends non-materialist physicalism — quantum fields whose intrinsic nature is experiential — while Vedanta philosopher Akhandadhi Das argues consciousness, mind and matter are three distinct function-sets unified only at a deeper substrate, with the persistent experiencer as the datum physicalism cannot dissolve.

consciousness · hard problem of consciousness · materialism and physicalism · non-materialist physicalism · philosophy of mind · qualia · spirituality · vedanta philosophy


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