Philip Goff

Dr. Philip Goff is a professor of philosophy at Durham University. He received his PhD from University of Reading where he studied under Galen Strawson and subsequently did postdoctoral work at the Centre for Consciousness at the Australian National University. His main research focus is consciousness, but he is also interested in the purpose of the universe, the mystery of psycho-physical harmony, and value objectivity among other topics. He is most known for defending panpsychism as the best theory of consciousness. He is the author of Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness (2019) and more recently, Why? The Purpose of the Universe (2023) where he explores whether panpsychism can offer a kind of middle way between traditional belief in God and secular atheism.