{"id":618,"date":"2023-08-19T17:08:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T17:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinuscosmologypodcast.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2023-08-20T16:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:45:20","slug":"episode-50-martinus-cosmology-logic-and-the-problems-of-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinuscosmologypodcast.com\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"Episode 50: Martinus Cosmology, logic and the problems of consciousness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27796605\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/730038\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">This episode is produced in collaboration with the Swedish podcast <em>Kosmologipodden<\/em>. Hosts Micael S\u00f6derberg and Mary McGovern interview Nikolaj Pilgaard Petersen about logic, the easy and hard problems of consciousness and about how Martinus&#8217;s world picture informs Nikolaj&#8217;s views of philosophy, science, materialism and the experience of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">How does Martinus define logic? What does logic have to do with love? Why does consciousness exist at all? Why do we experience anything? Is our brain even necessary? These are some of the questions we take up in this episode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Nikolaj Pilgaard Petersen<\/span><\/strong> <span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">is a teacher with a PhD in Philosophy and an MSc in history and mathematics. In addition to teaching and communication, he does research work in the field of philosophy; he is the author of several books on philosophical topics for a wide, Danish-speaking audience including <em>&#8220;Hvad er virkeligheden mon i virkeligheden?&#8221;<\/em> (What is reality in reality?) (2016) as well as a number of scientific articles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Nikolaj has two YouTube channels: In English: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SifWPCOxUXk\">The Nature of Reality <\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">and in both English and Danish: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@npilgaard\/videos\">Nikolaj Pilgaard Petersen<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">This podcast was recorded by Micael S\u00f6derberg and Mary McGovern at The Martinus Centre, Klint on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> August 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Photo: Bo Edvindsson\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Music composed and performed by Lars Palerius.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Martinus&#8217;s literature is available online on the Martinus Institute&#8217;s website:\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"DA\" xml:lang=\"DA\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinus.dk\/en\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">www.martinus.dk\/en.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Here you can also find information about the international summer courses at the Martinus Centre in Klint, Denmark.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode is produced in collaboration with the Swedish podcast Kosmologipodden. Hosts Micael S\u00f6derberg and Mary McGovern interview Nikolaj Pilgaard Petersen about logic, the easy and hard problems of consciousness and about how Martinus&#8217;s world picture informs Nikolaj&#8217;s views of philosophy, science, materialism and the experience of life. How does Martinus define logic? 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