Beyond Physicalism

There is a growing new mood in science. The grip that scientific
materialism has had on the scientific imagination is beginning to
loosen. This is the philosophy that all things in the natural
world can be reduced to the material level. But it seems as if
the many everyday experiences that individuals have, in
particular being conscious, which can't be accounted for by
physicalism are forcing the possibility of considering
alternatives. In this dialogue, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon
consider what might be happening, how such a shift would make a
difference in areas from health to parapsychology, and what might
happen next.