Outstanding post Anders, compelling and as crystal clear as your description of Pinker’s writing. Not sure if you have read Irreducible Mind. That’s where I learned if the filter theory and William James’ ideas of it and the “mother sea” of universal consciousness. Also the Pauli-Jung idea of unus mundus — one world. I’ve shared some of my thoughts on this on Top Down or Bottom Up. Would enjoy your comments on that and my extended series the Case Against Physicalism.