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The Primacy of Consciousness: The Next Great Scientific Revolution

A virtual conference based in London December 4 & 5, 2020

Join some of the world’s leading consciousness researchers for a series of round tables to launch the landmark Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences Volume I: Is Consciousness Primary?

Presented by:

Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences
Galileo Commission,
Scientific and Medical Network, and
Institute of Noetic Sciences

BiMonthly Discussions

Our next Member Discussion will be held in January, more details will follow.

Member discussions are recorded and available for members after the presentation. Want to attend or have access to past presentations? Join AAPS!

New Articles Published

Stephan Schwartz, PhD, an AAPS Founding Board Member, is also a Distinguished Consulting Faculty of Saybrook University, a Fellow of the William James Center for Consciousness Studies, Sofia University, and a Research Associate of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory of the Laboratories for Fundamental Research. He has recently published two new articles that explore the future of consciousness:

Dr. Mossbridge has published a recent article The post-materialist economy: Tech is driving a quiet but quickening scientific revolution. For more background, see her AAPS Board Member page.

Is Consciousness Primary? Conference has been postponed in 2020 due to the global pandemic. We’re looking forward to planning an even better conference to be held in 2021!

AAPS Volume 1 and Volume 2

Our AAPS Volume I, Is Consciousness Primary? 2nd Edition is now available for members as PDF. The paperback version is now available on Amazon. And our Volume II, Expanding Science, will also be available to members later this year. To obtain your digital copies become an AAPS member!

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force… We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.

Max Planck, PhD

What does Postmaterialism mean?

Materialism refers to assumptions about the nature of reality. In science it is expressed in terms of mathematical theories and experimental tests of concepts like matter, energy, space and time. Pre-materialism refers to pre-scientific history, when reality was understood solely in terms of supernatural or religious concepts.

The prefix “post” in post-materialism refers to the next development in our understanding of reality. Post-materialism refers to the hypothesis of consciousness as a fundamental component of reality. Post-materialism is gaining support from an increasing number of scientists and scholars who have come to believe that a solely material approach (where “material” is understood in today’s terms) is insufficient to gain a comprehensive understanding of reality.

If you are dedicated to the exploration of the nature of consciousness
and
how our understanding of consciousness affects our experience of reality

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