2025 Berggruen Philosophy Competition Entry: Facing the Answer: On The Logic of Consciousness

Written By Wesley Bonneville

Facing the Answer: On the Logic of Consciousness is a philosophical and interdisciplinary exploration of the relationship between perception, selfhood, language, neuroscience, and nonduality. Drawing from neuroscience, depth psychology, Buddhism, quantum analogies, and psychedelic research, the essay examines the subject-object paradox—the strange tangle in which consciousness can observe itself.

View my essay here, submitted for the 2025 Berggruen Philosophy Competition.

Wesley Bonneville