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Philip Goff is a British philosopher at Durham University specializing in philosophy of mind, consciousness, and panpsychism. He is the leading contemporary defender of panpsychism — the view that consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of the physical world — and has written several accessible books making the case for it.
Dr. Jack Symes is a British philosopher associated with Durham University and founder/host of The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast, one of the leading academic philosophy podcasts. He specializes in philosophy of mind, consciousness, and the hard problem, and authored Defeating the Evil God Challenge.
Galen Strawson is a British philosopher (son of P.F. Strawson) at the University of Texas at Austin, known for his influential work on panpsychism, the self, free will, and moral responsibility. His 2006 paper 'Realistic Monism: Why Physicalism Entails Panpsychism' helped revive serious academic interest in panpsychism.