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This is an absolutely phenomenal book, broken down into bite-sized sections, based on original articles by the author. If you are someone who appreciates the sometimes difficult concepts of philosophy, this book will definitely interest you. I feel like I know a lot more about this subject now than I did before reading this book.

The idealism vs. Physicalism debate has been raging for some time, and it is interesting to watch from both sides. Whilst I consider myself to be somewhere in the middle of the two ideas, I certainly appreciated the author's arguments for idealism and thought he was making a good case for readers to look into it further.

You may struggle with this book a bit at first if you are not familiar with the terminology, but the author has written it in such a way as to make said terminology more accessible to the general reader by explaining without overexplaining, so after a while it becomes easier to read. This was highly thought-provoking (of course, what else could idealism entail?) Well worth the time to read.

I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in science and philosophy, or who just wants to push the limits of their understanding in a new direction.

This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher, provided through Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

A very good fusion of sciences, ontology and neurosciences. The author shares a very well documented research about the reality and persecution thought the history. Sublime!

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