Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
@petersjostedth.bsky.social
Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics. PhD.
Lecturer at the University of Exeter.
Co-Director of Breaking Convention.
Psychədəlix Research｜Process Philosophy
Neo-Spinozism｜Exo Mind Theory
www.philosopher.eu
Lecturer at the University of Exeter.
Co-Director of Breaking Convention.
Psychədəlix Research｜Process Philosophy
Neo-Spinozism｜Exo Mind Theory
www.philosopher.eu
‘[The] transition from “descriptive phenomenology” to “transcendental idealism” in no way constitutes a break in Husserl’s thought; it is but the logical explication of what was implicit in the earlier period.’
– Quentin Lauer, 1965
– Quentin Lauer, 1965
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
‘[The] transition from “descriptive phenomenology” to “transcendental idealism” in no way constitutes a break in Husserl’s thought; it is but the logical explication of what was implicit in the earlier period.’
– Quentin Lauer, 1965
– Quentin Lauer, 1965
Grateful to have just received this unpublished 1998 paper, ‘Visions of Pantheism’ personally from Goldsmith’s Prof. Brian Morris (a close friend of my primary school headmaster!).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_M...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_M...
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Grateful to have just received this unpublished 1998 paper, ‘Visions of Pantheism’ personally from Goldsmith’s Prof. Brian Morris (a close friend of my primary school headmaster!).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_M...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_M...
Autumnal tints, tones, shades, and shadings:
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Autumnal tints, tones, shades, and shadings:
‘[The] very notion of “nature” is itself the product of subjectivity and hence the whole project of the naturalisation of subjectivity is completely mistaken.’
– Dermot Moran, 2012
Paraphrasing Husserl, Ideas II§64
– Dermot Moran, 2012
Paraphrasing Husserl, Ideas II§64
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
‘[The] very notion of “nature” is itself the product of subjectivity and hence the whole project of the naturalisation of subjectivity is completely mistaken.’
– Dermot Moran, 2012
Paraphrasing Husserl, Ideas II§64
– Dermot Moran, 2012
Paraphrasing Husserl, Ideas II§64
Happy to hear that this article was the second most read article in the journal Philosophical Psychology for the last quarter, and the highest sole-authored article there. ‘Pantheism: One and All’
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy to hear that this article was the second most read article in the journal Philosophical Psychology for the last quarter, and the highest sole-authored article there. ‘Pantheism: One and All’
'I am accusing British analytic philosophy of having destroyed everything in what was rich within thought, and I accuse Wittgenstein of having assassinated Whitehead...'
– Deleuze
(10:3:1987)
– Deleuze
(10:3:1987)
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
'I am accusing British analytic philosophy of having destroyed everything in what was rich within thought, and I accuse Wittgenstein of having assassinated Whitehead...'
– Deleuze
(10:3:1987)
– Deleuze
(10:3:1987)
Gorges du Verdon
October 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Gorges du Verdon
Born on this day: Henri Bergson
'[The] relation between the "phenomenon" and the "thing" is not that of appearance to reality, but merely that of the part to the whole.'
– MM230
'[The] relation between the "phenomenon" and the "thing" is not that of appearance to reality, but merely that of the part to the whole.'
– MM230
October 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Born on this day: Henri Bergson
'[The] relation between the "phenomenon" and the "thing" is not that of appearance to reality, but merely that of the part to the whole.'
– MM230
'[The] relation between the "phenomenon" and the "thing" is not that of appearance to reality, but merely that of the part to the whole.'
– MM230
Exeter by night
October 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Exeter by night
At Humphry Davy’s Bristol workplace, the Pneumatic Institution
October 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
At Humphry Davy’s Bristol workplace, the Pneumatic Institution
Exeter campus today
October 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Exeter campus today
Latest reading list
October 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Latest reading list
I'm delighted that the Royal College of Psychiatrists have endorsed my work in metaphysics in their official statement on 'Psychotherapy assisted by psychedelic and related substances (PARS): Guidance for psychiatrists taking part in approved research trials':
October 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I'm delighted that the Royal College of Psychiatrists have endorsed my work in metaphysics in their official statement on 'Psychotherapy assisted by psychedelic and related substances (PARS): Guidance for psychiatrists taking part in approved research trials':
Catch me speaking in:
—Bristol 10th October (Psychedelic Society)
—London 8th November (Verdurin)
—Penzance 15th November (Red Wing)
—Zurich 25th November (ETH Zurich uni)
—Bristol 10th October (Psychedelic Society)
—London 8th November (Verdurin)
—Penzance 15th November (Red Wing)
—Zurich 25th November (ETH Zurich uni)
October 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Catch me speaking in:
—Bristol 10th October (Psychedelic Society)
—London 8th November (Verdurin)
—Penzance 15th November (Red Wing)
—Zurich 25th November (ETH Zurich uni)
—Bristol 10th October (Psychedelic Society)
—London 8th November (Verdurin)
—Penzance 15th November (Red Wing)
—Zurich 25th November (ETH Zurich uni)
RIP John Searle.
Searle was exceptional in the clarity with which he presented problems in the Philosophy of Mind, though his own solutions to those problems were perhaps less exceptional. Regardless, the issues he raised are more important to register than ever vis-à-vis AI today.
Searle was exceptional in the clarity with which he presented problems in the Philosophy of Mind, though his own solutions to those problems were perhaps less exceptional. Regardless, the issues he raised are more important to register than ever vis-à-vis AI today.
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
RIP John Searle.
Searle was exceptional in the clarity with which he presented problems in the Philosophy of Mind, though his own solutions to those problems were perhaps less exceptional. Regardless, the issues he raised are more important to register than ever vis-à-vis AI today.
Searle was exceptional in the clarity with which he presented problems in the Philosophy of Mind, though his own solutions to those problems were perhaps less exceptional. Regardless, the issues he raised are more important to register than ever vis-à-vis AI today.
Hol(e)y Rocks
September 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hol(e)y Rocks
The on-campus and online MSc Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, and Culture begins at the University of Exeter this week. Dr Anjali Bhat and I will be convening the MIND module, fusing metaphysics and neuroscience into a novel psychedelic concoction. ⭐️
September 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The on-campus and online MSc Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, and Culture begins at the University of Exeter this week. Dr Anjali Bhat and I will be convening the MIND module, fusing metaphysics and neuroscience into a novel psychedelic concoction. ⭐️
‘[It behoves] us to be reflective in our metaphysics, lest it has control of us rather than we of it.’
– A. W. Moore, 2012
– A. W. Moore, 2012
September 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
‘[It behoves] us to be reflective in our metaphysics, lest it has control of us rather than we of it.’
– A. W. Moore, 2012
– A. W. Moore, 2012
My one slide for the Exeter uni AI Superintelligence conference:
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My one slide for the Exeter uni AI Superintelligence conference:
Meandering through the moors in the mist
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Meandering through the moors in the mist
Sad circular example of how Philosophy of Mind has ignored Idealism.
(From 2004, the reference is to Berkeley )
(From 2004, the reference is to Berkeley )
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Sad circular example of how Philosophy of Mind has ignored Idealism.
(From 2004, the reference is to Berkeley )
(From 2004, the reference is to Berkeley )
Carn Galva
September 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Carn Galva
Leo Strauss: ‘I believe that materialism is an error … [but] materialism is not essentially nihilistic … [in fact] a certain anti-materialism or idealism is at the bottom of German nihilism.’ (1941)
September 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Leo Strauss: ‘I believe that materialism is an error … [but] materialism is not essentially nihilistic … [in fact] a certain anti-materialism or idealism is at the bottom of German nihilism.’ (1941)
Leo Strauss:
‘German nihilism is not absolute nihilism, desire for the destruction of everything including oneself, but a desire for the destruction of something specific: of modern civilisation.’ (1941)
‘German nihilism is not absolute nihilism, desire for the destruction of everything including oneself, but a desire for the destruction of something specific: of modern civilisation.’ (1941)
September 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Leo Strauss:
‘German nihilism is not absolute nihilism, desire for the destruction of everything including oneself, but a desire for the destruction of something specific: of modern civilisation.’ (1941)
‘German nihilism is not absolute nihilism, desire for the destruction of everything including oneself, but a desire for the destruction of something specific: of modern civilisation.’ (1941)
God is half-dead. Two new apostles arrived today.
September 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
God is half-dead. Two new apostles arrived today.