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Bernardo Kastrup. (1974 -) Dutch philosopher and computer scientist.

Unconscious

“The unconscious can be divided into two segments: the personal unconscious — which, like consciousness, is bound to a particular individual — and the collective unconscious.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 33. Chapter 3.
Keywords: Unconscious_quotes Divide_quotes Segment_quotes Consciousness_quotes Bind_quotes Individual_quotes Collective_quotes

Causality

“We don’t see causality; we only see its manifest consequences in nature’s behavior. Therefore, the underlying organizing principle is metaphysical, instead of physical. It is derived on the basis of induction.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 49. Chapter 4.
Keywords: Causality_quotes Manifest_quotes Consequence_quotes Nature_quotes Behavior_quotes Organize_quotes Principle_quotes Metaphysical_quotes Physical_quotes Derive_quotes Basis_quotes Induction_quotes

Global Synchronization

“The possibility of there being a global synchronization mechanism in nature is opened up by quantum mechanics itself.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 52. Chapter 4.
Keywords: Possibility_quotes Global_quotes Synchronization_quotes Mechanism_quotes Nature_quotes Open_quotes Quantum_quotes Mechanics_quotes

Global Alignment

“It is impossible for physicists to identify global alignments... For although physicists can test individual events in the laboratory and verify that, when taken in isolation, the events are random, they wouldn’t be able to discern a global pattern within the complexity of the physical world at large; there are just too many ‘dice’ to keep track of under controlled laboratory conditions.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 52. Chapter 4.
Keywords: Impossible_quotes Physicist_quotes Identify_quotes Global_quotes Alignment_quotes Test_quotes Individual_quotes Event_quotes Laboratory_quotes Verify_quotes Take_quotes Isolation_quotes Event_quotes Random_quotes Discern_quotes Pattern_quotes Complexity_quotes Physical_quotes World_quotes Large_quotes Many_quotes Dice_quotes Track_quotes Control_quotes Condition_quotes

Irreducible Patterns

“If there are such irreducible macroscopic patterns, they — unlike cause and effect — may not entail relationships of strict necessity, but tendencies, affinities or dispositions instead... We cannot expect to pin down the corresponding events on the basis of empirical regularities and counterfactual dependences. Not only may these events not be consistently repeatable, the global patterns they reflect may be excluded from experiments by our very efforts to isolate the experimental setup and control its conditions. We cannot induce these acausal events at will. The best we can do is to pay attention to the world around us, in the hope of noticing one of them as it spontaneously unfolds... Next to causality, the physical world organizes itself along archetypal correspondences of meaning, which break down the barrier between world and psyche.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 53. Chapter 4.
Keywords: Irreducible_quotes Reduction_quotes Macroscopic_quotes Pattern_quotes Cause_quotes Effect_quotes Causality_quotes Unlike_quotes Entail_quotes Relationship_quotes Strict_quotes Necessity_quotes Tendency_quotes Affinity_quotes Disposition_quotes Expect_quotes Pin_quotes Down_quotes Correspond_quotes Event_quotes Basis_quotes Empirical_quotes Regular_quotes Counterfactual_quotes Dependency_quotes Consistent_quotes Repeatable_quotes Global_quotes Reflect_quotes Exclude_quotes Experiment_quotes Setup_quotes Control_quotes Condition_quotes Induction_quotes Acausal_quotes Will_quotes Best_quotes Attention_quotes World_quotes Around_quotes Hope_quotes Notice_quotes Spontaneous_quotes Unfold_quotes Physical_quotes Organize_quotes Archetypal_quotes Correspondence_quotes Meaning_quotes Break_quotes Barrier_quotes Psyche_quotes

Parapsychology

“Today, based on the latest research, we know that parapsychological phenomena are indeed most likely real.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 55. Chapter 4.
Keywords: Today_quotes Research_quotes Parapsychology_quotes Phenomena_quotes Likely_quotes Real_quotes

Meaningful Coincidence

“Although I do believe that many — even most — experiences of meaningful coincidence are illusory, being mediated by relatively prosaic psychological mechanisms, my own experiences make it very difficult for me to dismiss Jung’s case. In the course of my life, the archetypal meaning occasionally evoked by events in the world around me — in precise alignment with my own inner state, or that of someone close to me — has been just too compelling to attribute to chance or cognitive bias.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 55-56. Chapter 4.
Keywords: Believe_quotes Experience_quotes Meaning_quotes Coincidence_quotes Illusion_quotes Mediation_quotes Relative_quotes Prosaic_quotes Psychology_quotes Mechanism_quotes Difficult_quotes Dismiss_quotes Jungian_quotes Course_quotes Life_quotes Archetypal_quotes Occasional_quotes Evoke_quotes Event_quotes World_quotes Around_quotes Precise_quotes Alignment_quotes Inner_quotes State_quotes Someone_quotes Close_quotes Compelling_quotes Attribute_quotes Chance_quotes Cognitive_quotes Bias_quotes Random_quotes

Synchronicity

“Synchronicity entails an equivalence of symbolic meaning between our inner psychic state and the concurrent physical state of the world surrounding us, as if they mirrored each other. This is metaphysically significant, for it abolishes the separation between world and psyche. Indeed, synchronicity suggests — if it doesn’t outright imply — a unity between psyche and physics.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 61. Chapter 4.
Keywords: Synchronicity_quotes Entail_quotes Equivalent_quotes Symbolic_quotes Meaning_quotes Between_quotes Inner_quotes Psychic_quotes State_quotes Concurrent_quotes Physical_quotes World_quotes Surround_quotes Mirror_quotes Metaphysical_quotes Significant_quotes Abolish_quotes Separation_quotes Psyche_quotes Suggest_quotes Imply_quotes Unity_quotes Physics_quotes

Metaphysically Real

“Synchronicity — insofar as it defines the structures or tendencies underlying all quantum events — is the only metaphysically real ordering principle in nature. The laws of nature we are familiar with in our daily lives become mere epiphenomena of archetypal synchronicities.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 69. Chapter 4.
Keywords: Synchronicity_quotes Define_quotes Structure_quotes Tendency_quotes Underlie_quotes Quantum_quotes Event_quotes Metaphysical_quotes Real_quotes Order_quotes Principle_quotes Nature_quotes Law_quotes Familiar_quotes Daily_quotes Life_quotes Epiphenomena_quotes Archetypal_quotes

Cosmic Mind

“He [Jung] is extrapolating the natural basis for cognitive associations in the psyche to a universal basis for the organization of all events in nature. He seems to regard the whole universe as a supraordinate cosmic mind — a ‘greater and more comprehensive consciousness’ — operating on the principle of association by similarity, just as the human psyche does.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 69-70. Chapter 4.
Keywords: Extrapolate_quotes Natural_quotes Basis_quotes Cognitive_quotes Association_quotes Psyche_quotes Universal_quotes Organization_quotes Event_quotes Universe_quotes Supraordinate_quotes Cosmic_quotes Mind_quotes Great_quotes Comprehensive_quotes Consciousness_quotes Operate_quotes Principle_quotes Similarity_quotes Human_quotes Jung(topic)_quotes

Philosophy and Evidence

“Philosophy must accommodate the evidence, not the other way around.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 72. Chapter 5.
Keywords: Philosophy_quotes Accomodate_quotes Evidence_quotes Way_quotes

Materialism

“Materialism is a metaphysical — not a scientific — hypothesis.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 76. Chapter 5.
  • Notes: In a footnote to this text Kastrup writes: “Indeed, materialism makes statements about what nature is in and of itself — namely, matter outside and independent of experience — not about how nature behaves. Science, in turn, occupies itself only with the latter question.”
Keywords: Materialism_quotes Metaphysical_quotes Scientific_quotes Hypothesis_quotes

Inverting Materialism

“Here we have Jung completely inverting the logic of mainstream materialism: it’s the psychic function that creates, maintains, and modifies the organic structure, not the other way around.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 78. Chapter 5.
Keywords: Jung(topic)_quotes Materialism_quotes Invert_quotes Logic_quotes Mainstream_quotes Psychic_quotes Function_quotes Create_quotes Maintain_quotes Modify_quotes Organic_quotes Structure_quotes Way_quotes

Inner Life

“Jung’s point is that all we can ever ascertain is our own introspectively accessible phenomenal inner life, everything else being theory. However, as strictly correct as this may be, unless one is prepared to adopt solipsism — the notion that only one’s own personal experiences exist — and live accordingly, one cannot avoid metaphysical inferences of one sort or another. Even under idealism, one must metaphysically extrapolate the existence of experience beyond one’s own personal boundaries, so to account for the phenomenal inner lives of other living beings and the universe at large.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 79. Chapter 5.
Keywords: Jung(topic)_quotes Ascertain_quotes Introspection_quotes Accessible_quotes Phenomenal_quotes Inner_quotes Life_quotes Solipsism_quotes Avoid_quotes Metaphysical_quotes Inference_quotes Idealism_quotes Under_quotes Extrapolate_quotes Existence_quotes Experience_quotes Personal_quotes Beyond_quotes Boundary_quotes Account_quotes Other_quotes Being_quotes Universe_quotes Large_quotes

Psyche Spectrum

“Jung invites us to think of the psyche as something analogous to the spectrum of light, which runs from the infra-red to the ultra-violet. In the middle of the spectrum, corresponding to visible light, we have the psyche proper. On the higher, ultra-violet end we have the spiritual psychoid. On the lower, infrared end we have the instinctual psychoid.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 82. Chapter 5.
Keywords: Jung(topic)_quotes Invite_quotes Think_quotes Psyche_quotes Analogy_quotes Spectrum_quotes Light_quotes Infrared_quotes Ultraviolet_quotes Middle_quotes Correspond_quotes Visible_quotes Proper_quotes Higher_quotes Spiritual_quotes Psychoid_quotes Lower_quotes Instinct_quotes

Single Substrate

“Therefore, matter, psyche (including the psychoid) and spirit are all manifestations of a single substrate; they all share the same categorical basis; they are all constituted by the same intrinsic essence. Consequently, there is no room left for dualism.”
  • Source: From “Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe”. Written by Bernardo Kastrup. Published by IFF Books, Washington DC. Kindle Edition. Page 85. Chapter 5.
Keywords: Matter_quotes Psyche_quotes Psychoid_quotes Spirit_quotes Manifestation_quotes Single_quotes Substrate_quotes Share_quotes Same_quotes Categorical_quotes Basis_quotes Constitute_quotes Intrinsic_quotes Essence_quotes Consequence_quotes Room_quotes Dualism_quotes
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