On our latest episode we are joined by the philosopher Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes, a leading researcher in the fields of psychedelics, metaphysics, and sentience. Peter draws from philosophers such as Spinoza and Whitehead, incorporating a panpsychist and monistic approach into modern interdisciplinary understandings of psychedelics. As such, he is keen to emphasise the importance of metaphysics in psychedelic research and therapy - typefied by by his recent paper 'On The Need For Metaphysics in Psychedelic Therapy' in Frontiers in Psychology.

We had a great conversation spanning all things psychedelics and metaphysics, but also touching on the virtuality of the post-pandemic world, Nick Cave, and the enigma of human connection.

You can read more of Peter's work here.

Here is a link to his Ted Talk on Philosophy and Consciousness.

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In the first episode of The Hyper Theory Podcast, we are joined by Andrés Gómez Emilsson - co-founder and director of research of The Qualia Research Institute (www.qri.org). We have a great conversation exploring the future science of consciousness, the relationship between music and reality, and the nature of personal identity.

We co-hosted the QRI at Arch1 Saturday the 8th October for a day-long meet-up, discussion group, and lecture - with food and drinks and music. Information can be found here: https://qualiacomputing.com/2022/10/04/qri-meetup-in-london-on-october-8th-2022/

Theme song is 'Glyph' by Gregor McMurray.

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If you're interested in some of the reading material we discussed:

Principia Qualia: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf

The Hedonistic Imperative: https://www.hedweb.com/

The Good Drug Guide: https://www.biopsychiatry.com/

Edited by Robbie Mortimer.

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