# Thomas Metzinger
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thomas metzinger (born 12 March 1958) is a German philosopher and professor of theoretical philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. As of 2011, he is an Adjunct Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, a co-founder of the German Effective Altruism Foundation, president of the Barbara Wengeler Foundation, and on the advisory board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation. From 2008 to 2009 he served as a Fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study; from 2014 to 2019 he was a Fellow at the Gutenberg Research College; from 2019 to 2021 he was awarded a Senior-Forschungsprofessur by the Ministry of Science, Education and Culture.
THE HEADLESS WAY TO SELF REALIZATION
The Headless Way (Douglas Harding): Method + ScienceWhat Harding is pointing to (in plain English)
You don’t have a head—in first-person experience.From your own point of view right now, you see the world, your body, your hands… but where others see your face, you find open space. Not darkness. Not…
I Think Therefore I Am
Chain of Thought: From Descartes to Machine Minds Hosted by Nathan Rigoni
In this episode we travel from the candle‑lit study of 17th‑century Descartes, who stripped away every belief to find the one certainty “I think, therefore I am,” to today’s glowing screens where large language models genera…
#147 What is PURE Consciousness? - Thomas Metzinger
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Thomas Metzinger is a Germa…
Interlude LIII: The Illusion of the Self - Narrative Identity, Default Mode Network, and the Constructed Mind
What if the “self” you trust most is not something you are, but something your brain is doing?
In this intellectually rigorous interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores one of the most provocative claims in contemporary neuroscience and philosophy: that the self may not be …
The Hallucination of the Mind: The Case of Catching Ego in the Wild
What if the person you think you are is nothing more than a controlled hallucination?
In this episode, we break down why there is no "you" to begin with, and how to expose the ultimate hallucination of the mind. Through a real-life case study of catching ego in the wild, we explore why we unconscio…
The God Test by Robert Wright
In this episode Jerry and Stably discussed The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning by Robert Wright. The book's first half explains AI's rise and risks; the second argues, via Teilhard de Chardin-style "complexification," that evolution is driving Earth toward a unifie…
From the archive: Philosophers on psychedelics
Hi friends! We're taking a bit of a summer pause. We will be back soon—in the meanwhile, enjoy this listener favorite from our archives!
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[originally aired May 14, 2025]
Some call it the "psychedelic renaissance." In the last decade or so, interest in psychedelic drugs has surged—and not ju…
5. What is the mind & meditation?
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"What Is the Mind? What Are Thoughts? What Is Meditation?"
What is your mind, actually? Not what it contains - the thing itself. Where does it begin, where does it end, and is it even the same thing as your brain?
This episode takes one of…
Thomas Metzinger | Minimal Phenomenal Experience, Pure Awareness/Consciousness, or Zero-Person Perspectives
The following is an excerpt from a Thomas Metzinger interview on Alex O’Connor’s “Within Reason”. Metzinger talks about Minimal Phenomenal Experience or “Pure Awareness/Consciousness” research and the difference between scientific study vs. first person practice and experience.
#80 Pure Consciousness with Thomas Metzinger
the voluntary suspension of habitual responses into awareness.
AI, Suffering, Remedy and Love as the voluntary suspension of habitual responses into awareness: This episode is with philosopher and cognitive scientist Thomas Metzinger, a Professor Emeritus at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz …
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