The Pat Flynn Show
Do Psychedelics Refute Physicalism? w/ Dr. Jim Madden
Apr 8, 2022
Dr. Jim Madden, a researcher in psychedelics, joins Pat to discuss the implications of psychedelics for worldview debates, especially physicalism. They explore arguments against physicalism, the relationship between psychedelics and brain activity, Hylomorphism as a kind of physicalism, origins essentialism, and upcoming events for the podcast.
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- Psychedelics challenge the predictability of physicalism, raising questions about the relationship between consciousness and brain activity.
- Psychedelic experiences reveal aspects of reality that are not perceivable in ordinary states of consciousness, without negating the veracity of religious experiences.
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The podcast discusses the relationship between magic mushrooms and LSD and their impact on worldview considerations
The podcast episode explores how the use of magic mushrooms and LSD can inform one's worldview and the greater philosophical implications. The focus is on a paper by Bernardo Castro, an independent scholar, who discusses the neuroimaging of psychedelic states and its implications for the mind-body problem. The findings suggest that these substances challenge the predictability of physicalism and raise questions about the relationship between consciousness and brain activity.
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