Things Hidden #25 - An Atheist Panpsychist Philosopher Converts...Sort Of

Greetings from Austin! I welcome the opportunity to bring to you Things Hidden. Episode #25 of the Things Hidden podcast is out now!

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This episode covers a discussion with the well-known panpsychist philosopher Philip Goff. Perhaps you’ve heard of panpsychism before. It’s the idea that consciousness is fundamental. It is everywhere. Every single thing in the universe has consciousness.

He talks about this a little bit in the episode but not much. The episode focuses on his recent conversion to a “non-traditional” form of Christianity that includes a “God of limited powers”. This God of limited powers, which is quite unorthodox but certainly not unheard of, presents a unique explanation for the problem of evil.

This episode gives us a bunch of great jumping off points into topics we’ve touched on in previous episodes: simulation theory; grasping at the ungraspable; acting as if; the Tom Holland approach; and much more.

There was no script for this episode, so I don’t have anything to include here in the blog post, other than a link to the YouTube video. At some point I will start writing blogs that are separate and standalone from the podcasts, but for now I have a pretty full plate. So I’ll just invite you to watch the YouTube (or Spotify or Apple).

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Be well.

- Travis