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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

The precarious case for being good
Are we living in the long shadow of a dead God?

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

Models, metaphors and minds
Is the brain really a computer?

In conversation with Rupert Sheldrake
An exploration of the mind
Peter Sjöstedt-H Articles
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The Agony & the Ecstasy
Is pain a necessary part of human experience?

The Problem of Evil
Does 'evil' exist?

Morality of the Tribe
Should and can we treat all people equally?

The Lure of Lucifer
Why do we love Evil?

Our Sins and Our Selves
Should we embrace our inconsistency?

The Mystery of the Good
Is morality relative or absolute?

The Really Real
Is absolute right and wrong a fantasy?

The Good, The Bad, and the Controversial
Is morality simply prejudice?

Rethinking Feminism
Is there a universal goal for women's rights?

Being Human and Being Good
Is morality relative?

Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
Rebecca Goldstein | Plato in the Age of Google

Is Religion Dangerous?
Faith - The Problem or The Solution

After Buddhism
What could secular Buddhism bring the West?

The Last Taboo
Paedophilia, innocence and morality

Doing Right and Feeling Good
Is morality about thinking or feeling?

Thinking Good and Doing Evil
Is belief in any morality dangerous?

On Evil
How do we explain our fascination with evil?

Trouble with Heaven
Why does the dark and the dangerous attract us?

On Humans and Animals
Peter Singer and Mary Midgley on what's next for animal rights

Dancing with the Devil
Can and should art be moral? Our controversial panel confront the darkness.

Rethinking Science and Spirituality
Rupert Sheldrake | They complement each other

Can Animals Be Moral?

Reason and the Gods
What do secular and religious worldviews share?

New Gods
Do we need religion? And if so, why?

The Fountain

Morality and Mindfulness
Vishvapani Blomfield | Can meditation fix ethics?

How to See Things Clearly
Overcoming Wilful Blindness | Margaret Heffernan

The Death of God and the War On Terror
Secularism versus religious fundamentalism

Ethics, Darwin and Dante
The assumptions behind moral beliefs

Good and Evil Around the Globe
Is morality rooted in culture? | Joel Robbins

Belief and the Gods
Is the divine a fantasy?

The Myth of Being Happy
We should give up on the obsession with happiness

Science and Religion
Can science and religion coexist?

In Place of Prejudice
Can rationality provide a basis for morality?

Death and the Human Animal
Is the quest for immortality a fool's errand?

God is an Orgasm

Of Lies and Necessity
Is honesty a fantasy?

Return of the Pagans
Does paganism offer a new haven for spirituality?

Moral Animals and Our Place in the Universe
Are good and evil unique to humans?

The Point of It All
Where should we turn to find meaning?

The Age of Nothing
The consequences of the decline of faith

The Banality of Evil
Nature versus nurture

Life's Secret
Purpose and the Pursuit of Happiness

Beyond Good and Evil II
Is morality instinctual?

True to Myself
Morality, virtues & consequences
A Tale of Love and Hate
Are love and hate inextricably linked?

Competition versus Cooperation
Can we survive and succed without competition?

Morality, Cruelty and Freedom
Attitudes towards animal suffering

In the Beginning was Nature
Spirtuality and the environment

Purity and Dirt
Uncovering the significance of cleanliness
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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