The end of materialism | Àlex Gómez-Marín
About this episode
Àlex Gómez-Marín discusses the implications of Near Death Experiences on our understanding of consciousness and reality.
Alex Gómez-Marín is a controversial figure in contemporary neuroscience, known for challenging the materialist framework that dominates scientific accounts of consciousness. He argues that Near Death Experiences (NDEs) raise profound questions about the nature of reality and the limits of reductionist explanation. In this interview, Gómez-Marín reflects on the scientific evidence we have for NDEs and what they might mean for answering ultimate questions about the purpose of human existence. Àlex Gómez-Marín is a Theoretical physicist and neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the Instituto de Neurociencias of Alicante in Spain, and director of the Pari Center in Italy. Please do email us at podcast@iai.tv with any of your thoughts or questions on the episode! To witness such talks live, buy tickets for our upcoming festival: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/ And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: https://iai.tv/ You can find everything we referenced here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…
People in this episode
Host: IAI
Guest: Àlex Gómez-Marín
Topics covered
- materialism
- consciousness
- Near Death Experiences
- neuroscience
- philosophy
- human existence
Keywords
- materialism
- consciousness
- Near Death Experiences
- neuroscience
- philosophy
- human existence
- reductionism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Instituto de Neurociencias of Alicante, Pari Center
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