title: Setting science free from materialism.
abstract: Contemporary science is based on the claim that all reality is material or physical. There is no reality but material reality. Consciousness is a by-product of the physical activity of the brain. Matter is unconscious. Evolution is purposeless. This view is now undergoing a credibility crunch. The biggest problem of all for materialism is the existence of consciousness. Panpsychism provides a way forward. So does the recognition that minds are not confined to brains.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA 94952, USA. rsheldrake@clara.co.uk
authors.forename: Rupert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sheldrake
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain; D003243:Consciousness; D006801:Humans; D012586:Science
keywords: Alfred North Whitehead; C.S. Peirce; Francis Crick; Freeman Dyson; Galen Strawson; Henri Bergson; John Searle; Materialism; Nicholas Humphrey; Thomas Nagel; William James; extended mind; panpsychism; science set free; telepathy