Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Philip Goff joins me to discuss panpsychism, cosmopsychism, and how these theories of consciousness have the potential to explain one of the most striking discoveries of modern science: the fine-tuning of the universe for intelligent life.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:08 What is panpsychism?'
00:13:49 Panpsychism vs. idealism
00:16:52 Why we should be panpsychists
00:33:38 The combination problem
00:39:15 From panpsychism to cosmopsychism
00:47:43 The fine-tuning of the universe
00:55:31 Cosmopsychism vs. theism
01:09:48 What is the purpose of the universe?
01:15:43 Debating William Lane Craig