Why? The Purpose of the Universe

Philip Goff, Professor of Philosophy, Durham University,Philip Goff

Philip Goff is Professor of Philosophy at Durham University, UK. His research focuses on consciousness and the ultimate nature of reality. Goff is best known for defending panpsychism, the view that consciousness pervades the universe and is a fundamental feature of it. On that theme, Goff has published three books, Consciousness and Fundamental Reality (2017), Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness (2020), and a co-edited volume, Is Consciousness Everywhere? Essays on Panpsychism (2022). Goff has published many academic articles, as well as writing extensively for newspapers and magazines, including Scientific American, The Guardian, Aeon, and the Times Literary Supplement.