This made me smile.

First people on my bad list for 2026 are Jack, Andrew and Olly off The Panpsycast for raising me as a candidate for worst philosopher ever! www.theoramedia.com/panpsycast2/...

I seem to have a memory of having a lovely Christmas dinner yesterday with my family, but I forgot to take a photo for social media. Does that mean it didn't really happen?

This is my face.

Getting boozed up for church.

The question I get asked most. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC_p...

The question I get asked most. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC_p...

One thing I've really enjoyed doing my own posts and videos on Substack these last few months is being a bit silly. However, I also need to remember there's not much irony on social media. I have consequently renamed my Christmas AMA video. Happy Christmas! philipgoff.substack.com/p/does-the-h...

One thing I've really doing my own posts and videos on Substack these last few months is being a bit silly. However, I also need to remember there's not much irony on social media. I have consequently renamed by Christmas AMA video. Happy Christmas! philipgoff.substack.com/p/does-the-h...

Such a great series. @philipgoff.bsky.social was excellent, as was Gilbert Markus talking about 'Is God Nothing?' (of interest to anyone thinking about inter-religious dialogue and concepts of the divine). @takeshimorisato.bsky.social @theosthinktank.bsky.social

I'm not letting you any near me Beelzebub.

If someone told teenage me he'd be chatting with the author of His Dark Materials one day, he wouldn't believe it...

Great new book defending of a conscious universe just out! Hope to interview the author on my Substack in 2026, so subscribe now if you don't want to miss that. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/in-defenc...

That feeling of overwhelming peace and joy is back...always gets in the way of work, which is a bit annoying...

It was a delight to examine @gwleibniz.bsky.social excellent PhD, exploring whether Leibniz's notion of "confusion" can help solve the combination problem. Congratulations Forrest! (And thank you for prompting the reflections I recorded in my recent Substack post on "Unconscious consciousness").

My book is now out in Swedish! fritanke.se/bokhandel/bo...

Dear compatibilist friends, I have a questions for you: Suppose it turns out that quantum randomness in my brain makes it 50/50 whether I choose tea or coffee (which could be the case if the brain is a classically chaotic system). Is that still compatible with my choosing, say, tea? If "yes"...

My final Substack post for 2025 will be a solo video answering subscribers' questions. If you have any burning questions, subscribe today and put them in my subscriber's chat before midnight tonight. I don't know much about plumbing, but apart from that, could be anything.

It is shocking that people have been pushed to take such serious action just to be heard. These events did not happen by accident. They are the result of the government misusing anti-terror laws.

My final Substack post for 2025 will be a solo video answering subscribers' questions. If you have any burning questions, subscribe today and put them in my subscriber's chat before midnight tonight. I don't know much about plumbing, but apart from that, could be anything.

Landscape of Consciousness is a project I’m proud to be part of! Thanks to Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Àlex Gómez-Marín, and Peter Getzels for welcoming my proposal to visualize this landscape of theories of consciousness. See it live here: loc.closertotruth.com/interactive Thread ↓

I was 30 mins late leaving the house this morning because I couldn't find the key to my office...guess where it was...(this is the door to my office)

It makes a detailed response to @seanmcarroll.bsky.social 's physics-based argument again fundamental mental forces.

Influential neuroscientist Christof Koch on his Near Death Experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=voUB...

Yes, because consciousness is not publicly observable. The only thing we can do experimentally is identify correlations, by asking people what they feel while we scan their brains, and then trying to generalise.

Good point, although I recently examined an excellent PhD thesis (by Jonathan Emery) making a very strong case that there's no empirical evidence against the soul. Went into cutting-edge neuroscience and physics. Freely available here: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/st...

Influential neuroscientist Christof Koch on his Near Death Experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=voUB...

This article by @nigelwarburton.bsky.social assumes physicalism is the default theory of consciousness. In fact, the scientific data on consciousness is neutral between the philosophical options: physicalism, dualism, panpsychism. app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144378... @philippullmanreal.bsky.social

And so another series of @theosthinktank.bsky.social's Reading our Times comes to an end, with a great interview with @philipgoff.bsky.social in which we simply ask does the universe have a purpose? After a series covering consciousness, quantum, time & God, what else? tinyurl.com/56t5uymc

Pioneering Neuroscientist has Mystical Experience. philipgoff.substack.com/p/pioneering...

Pioneering Neuroscientist has Mystical Experience. philipgoff.substack.com/p/pioneering...

Some people like to go out clubbing on a Saturday night. But I like nothing better than making a nice cup of tea and catching up on the comments on my Substack post for that week.

Some people like to go out clubbing on a Saturday night. But I like nothing better than making a nice cup of tea and catching up on the comments on my Substack post for that week.

Will try to read and respond to comments on this tomorrow... Hectic week...

"Are Mystical Experiences the Source of Moral Knowledge?" New Substack post on an academic project for 2026 that I'm very excited about. philipgoff.substack.com/p/are-mystic...

I drank too much whisky last night.

"Are Mystical Experiences the Source of Moral Knowledge?" New Substack post on an academic project for 2026 that I'm very excited about. philipgoff.substack.com/p/are-mystic...

My big bruv sent me a curious birthday card. Make of it what you will.

Today I begin my later 40s.

Excited to be part of this grand discussion with William Lane Craig, Jessica Frasier, Joe Folley, and Jack Symes. Book tickets now!

Excited to be part of this grand discussion with William Lane Craig, Jessica Frasier, Joe Folley, and Jack Symes. Book tickets now!

What's a panpsychist's special move?

Did you know there are 350 different theories of consciousness??? @keithfrankish.com and I discussed with Robert Lawrence Kuhn his paper and interactive website exploring them all. I fail to see how anybody could have something more important to do than watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o7R...

What's a panpsychist's special move?

Did you know there are 350 different theories of consciousness??? @keithfrankish.com and I discussed with Robert Lawrence Kuhn his paper and interactive website exploring them all. I fail to see how anybody could have something more important to do than watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o7R...

Was such a joy doing Mind Chat with @keithfrankish.com again, and great chatting to the wonderful Robert Lawrence Kuhn host of @closertotruth.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/2o7RvGV...

about to go live!

Not long now...I best you can't contain your excitement...I know I can't!!