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Peter Sjöstedt-H

Peter Sjöstedt-H is a philosopher of mind, specialising in the thought of Whitehead and Nietzsche and in panpsychism and altered states of sentience. Peter Sjöstedt-H is currently a research fellow and associate lecturer at The University of Exeter, following six years of lecturing Philosophy in London. He is the author of Noumenautics and was described by Alexander Bard as "a psychedelic Nietzsche".

Peter Sjöstedt-H is a philosopher of mind, specialising in the thought of Whitehead and Nietzsche and in panpsychism and altered states of sentience. Peter Sjöstedt-H is currently a research fellow and associate lecturer at The University of Exeter, following six years of lecturing Philosophy in London. He is the author of Noumenautics and was described by Alexander Bard as "a psychedelic Nietzsche".

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