The Real Question of Life After Death

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Ludwig wickenstein: The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does, what problem this really solves? I think we have given undue rational substantiation to the idea that life has no meaning and no purpose. Er, if it is true, then so be it. We have to bite the bullet. But i don't think we have good reasons at all to think it is true.

In this expansive conversation, Michael Shermer speaks with Bernardo Kastrup, the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). Shermer and Kastrup discuss: materialism, idealism, dualism, monism, panpsychism, free will, determinism, consciousness, the problem of other minds, artificial intelligence, out of body and near-death experiences, model dependent realism, and the ultimate nature of reality.