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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!

BiMonthly Discussions

Our fourth discussion will be scheduled soon. The time zone start times and the Zoom webinar connection information will be sent to members by email.

New Article Published

Julie Mossbridge, PhD, an AAPS Founding Board Member, is the Director of the Innovation Lab at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the Lead Robot Psychologist and Executive Coach at Hanson Robotics, a Visiting Scholar in the Psychology Department at Northwestern University, the Science Director at Focus@Will Labs, and an Associated Professor in Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She has published a new article The post-materialist economy: Tech is driving a quiet but quickening scientific revolution.

AAPS V1

Our AAPS Volume 1, Is Consciousness Primary? is now published. Our AAPS members have received a free copy of this e-book. If you are a member and have not received it please e-mail our Executive Director, Deborah Erickson at (deborah(at)deborahericksonphd.com), to ensure we have your correct email address. To obtain your copy become an AAPS member and join our BiMonthly Discussions!

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.

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and
how our understanding of consciousness affects our experience of reality

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