Bernardo Kastrup on Modern Substitute Gods

„We now find our gods not on the altar, but in the bottle of alcohol, the football match on television, the new pair of shoes and the arms of the casual lover.“

Bernardo KastrupBernardo Kastrup reflects how modern society finds substitute gods in alcohol, consumption, and media.
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Bernardo Kastrup is a Dutch philosopher and computer engineer known for his work on Analytical Idealism.

A critical view on modern substitute gods and their societal role.


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Quote by Bernardo Kastrup about modern substitute gods found in alcohol, football, shoes, and casual love

Bernardo Kastrup is a philosopher and computer engineer specializing in the philosophy of mind and ontology. He holds doctorates in philosophy and computer engineering and serves as the director of the Essentia Foundation, which explores alternative theories to materialism. Kastrup advocates an idealistic view that reality is fundamentally consciousness, aiming to integrate insights from analytic philosophy and natural sciences with classical metaphysics.

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