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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".
Peter Sjöstedt-H Videos

How to fathom timelessness via psychedelics
What should time mean to us?

The oldest gods
Should we return to the gods of nature?

In conversation with Rupert Sheldrake
An exploration of the mind

Getting high and being human
Debating drug law reform
Peter Sjöstedt-H Articles
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In Search of the Self
Are you an illusion?

The Limits of Logic
Should we embrace the irrational?

The Fractured Mind
Bence Nanay | Should we avoid temptations?

The Dance of Life
Is experience all that we have?

In Search Of Ourselves
Is self-discovery a desirable and vital goal?

Neuroscience vs. Philosophy
Explaining the secrets of the mind

The Limits of Reason
Is knowledge stranger than reason?

The Illusion of Sense
Do our senses radically limit our understanding?

How to be a Stoic
Live your Best Life

Knowing Others and Knowing Oneself
Are the minds of others profoundly unknowable?

The Mind and the World
Raymond Tallis | The issue with neuromania

The Limits of Freedom
Is there such a thing as too much freedom?

The Secrets of Consciousness
Can the brain explain experience?

Matter and Mind
Is consciousness inexplicable?

Hearts and Minds
Should intuition or reason guide us?

The Story of I
Where does the narrative of the self come from?

The Chemistry of Freedom
Is free will an illusion?

Mind and the Universe
Is consciousness stranger than we thought?

Fate, Freedom, and Neuroscience
The science of free will

Truth, Lies and Self-Deception
Can we see ourselves clearly if we want to?

Secrets of the Mind
Can science explain consciousness?

The Mind's Eye
Consciousness and the soul

The Extended Mind
Is consciousness confined to the body?

Owning Ourselves
Are our bodies our property?

Being Conscious
The science and philosophy of consciousness

On Having a Mind, Having a Body, and Being a Person

The Fragility of the Human Personality

Dangerous Convictions
Frank Furedi | Could we live without certainty?

Actual Consciousness
The Limits of Human Consciousness and Thought

Stories of Desire
Can desire help us make sense of the world?

At One With Ourselves
Are meditation and mindfulness just myths?

Mind in the 21st Century

The Tyranny of Freedom
Do we have too much choice?

The Evolution of Consciousness
The transformative ideas of Owen Barfield

The Edge of Reason
Beyond the limits of rationality

Metaphors of the Mind
Does metaphor hold the key to consciousness?

The Road to the Good Life
Is reason the key to a better world?

Are Selves Unreal?
Debunking the establishment's attack on the Self

Animal Reason
Is consciousness unique to humans?

Inside the Mind’s Eye

Catching Sight of Ourselves
Who looks back in the mirror?

The Philosopher’s Guide to Style
Why appearance matters

The Ego Trick
Is the self an illusion?

Sensuality and Deception

Who Looks Back in the Mirror
Are we any closer to understanding the self, and what makes each one of us who we are?

Outrageous Fortune
Fate in modern society

The Architecture of Being
Navigating our relationships

Entering the Unknown
What can we know of ourselves and the world?

Thinking Afresh
Is consistency consistent?

The View From Outside
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On the cusp of the unnatural

Idealism, panpsychism and science

Antirealism and the analytic-continental split

The new world of metamodernism

Truth isn't correspondence with the facts

Wittgenstein's Tractatus at 100

Science can't state all the facts

The Return of Metaphysics: Hegel vs Kant

The Return of Idealism: Russell vs Hegel

Common sense leads philosophy astray

Derrida and the trouble with metaphysics

Analytic philosophy has a language problem

The Return of Metaphysics: Russell and Realism

After Metaphysics: Rorty and American Pragmatism

Freedom from nature: the ultimate enslavement

How language distorts reality

Seeing is not perceiving

Wittgenstein was a metaphysician

There is no escaping metaphysics

Why the attempt to bury metaphysics failed

After postmodernism

The possible worlds of Saul Kripke

World Philosophy Day: 13 questions for our century

Most truths cannot be expressed in language

21st century metaphysics: Leaving Fantasy Behind

Common sense is not a good guide to reality

Wittgenstein: science can’t tell us about God

Schopenhauer vs Hegel: progress or pessimism?

Spinoza Reborn

Rethinking truth