Bernardo Kastrup

About the Author

Bernardo Kastrup has a PhD in Computer Engineering with specialisations in artificial intelligence and reconfigurable computing. He has worked as a scientist in some of the world’s foremost research laboratories, including the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the “Casimir Effect” of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Bernardo has authored many academic papers and books on philosophy and science. His three latest books are More Than Allegory, Brief Peeks Beyond, and Why Materialism Is Baloney. His website is www.bernardokastrup.com.

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The Fairytale of Materialism: How ‘Fundamentalists’ Hijacked Science

By Bernardo Kastrup

From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 7 No 5 (Oct 2013) The theme of this special issue of New Dawn Magazine is important in more ways than meet the eye at first. The notion of forbidden ideas in science is […]

Transcending Our Brain Created Reality: A New Call to Lift Nature’s Veil

By Bernardo Kastrup

The study of non-ordinary states of consciousness is quickly becoming an established area of scientific and philosophical inquiry. Yet, all the enthusiasm about finding out what these non-ordinary states are somehow obfuscates much bigger, important, and urgent questions: What as-of-yet […]