Philip Goff

@Philip_Goff

Philosopher of consciousness at Durham Uni and author of 'Galileo's Error.' Panpsychist, religious fictionalist, and vigorous opponent of neo-liberalism.

Joined November 2010

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    18 Nov 2019

    'Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness'. Short animation about my new book.

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  2. 58 minutes ago

    I definitely think maths/logic truths are more certain that value truths. But once we accept that maths/logic truths are not true by definition, we're in the realm of Platonism, & not much of an extension is required IMHO to get objective value truths.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    On my way to London to examine a PhD on 'Modal Rationalism & the Metaphysics of Mind' before addressing the on 'Panpsychism & Free Will.'

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Very interesting. Yes, I'm inclined to think Chalmers' notion of a 'direct phenomenal concept' is a limit case, which we approach in mindfulness. I disagree with this thread from 7. I find the more one meditates, the more pronounced the hard problem of consciousness becomes.

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  5. Retweeted
    Feb 1

    Tweeting videos of normal folk who have been manipulated by the likes of Farage and Johnson then labelling them isn’t big or clever, it’s just cruel. Come on, people. We are better than this, surely?

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    Mixed emotions on in this Bermondsey pub

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  7. Jan 31

    You gotta have hope

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  8. Retweeted
    Jan 31

    A strange, sad day. Part of my family's identity as European is washed away by the first flow of a tsunami that follows a political earthquake. At the same time, I recognize the absurdity of this system of birthrights. We must do better, humans. We must do better for humans.

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  9. Jan 31

    Looking forward to talking about & in London on Monday.

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  10. Jan 31

    I think this state of affairs is tragic because it entails the termination of the possibility of intelligent life.

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  11. Jan 31

    I don't think there can be valuable states of affairs without conscious subjects. The point is I think the fact that a certain state of affairs (e.g. a rabbit feeling pleasure) is good is not dependent on anyone's opinion about whether it's good.

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  12. Jan 31

    As Louis Armstrong said when asked what jazz was: 'If you have to ask, you'll never know.'

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  13. Jan 31

    I was interviewed this for week for 's show 'How on Earth'

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  14. Retweeted
    Jan 30

    Mathematics, mind, and mystery. Source:

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  15. Retweeted
    Jan 31

    Looking back on this period, our descendents (if we have any) will decide we took leave of our senses. Faced with the greatest crisis humankind has ever encountered - the collapse of our life support systems - we did battle instead against imaginary rules about bent bananas.

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  16. Retweeted
    Jan 30
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    I love the one where the evil illusionist succeeds in his evil plot and turns everyone into philosophical zombies, only to have his plan ironically undone by an unconscious, yet precisely functionally equivalent panpsychic man. It's a classic!

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  17. Jan 30

    I'm sympathetic with David Enoch's argument that robust value realism is presupposed by any kind of deliberation, and hence I think value anti-realism amounts to a radically skeptical hypothesis, analogous to thinking we're in the Matrix.

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  18. Jan 30

    Really enjoyed this podcast debate I've just done with ! Sorry if I came across a bit aggressive...I'm used to intense but well-meaning discussions...thanks for organising and hosting Matthew!

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  19. Jan 30

    Looking forward to addressing the Aristotelian Society on 'Panpsychism and Free Will' on Monday. Expanding on one of the more experimental discussions of my book 'Galileo's Error.' (N.B. I'm defending a conditional thesis, *if* you believe in radical free will...)

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  20. Jan 30
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  21. Retweeted
    Jan 29
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    I propose that panpsychic man has the ability to influence the behavior of conscious atoms (like Ant man can communicate and influence the behavior of ants), while at the same time the atoms remain constrained by the Born probability rules. (Just take this and run with it.)

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