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Philosophy

Philosophy Is a Public Service

I design thought experiments to provoke dialogue about who and what we want to become.

December 31, 2019

The Rainforest Is Teeming with Consciousness

Our fate turns on retiring our dualist view of nature.

November 6, 2019

Philosophers Debate New ‘Sonic Black Hole’ Discovery

Opinions differ about what recent measurements of a sound-trapping fluid reveal about light-trapping black holes.

July 10, 2019

The Ancient Rites That Gave Birth to Religion

Sacred beliefs likely arose out of prehistoric bonding and rituals.

May 29, 2019

Yes, Determinists, There Is Free Will

You make choices even if your atoms don’t.

May 13, 2019

How Einstein Reconciled Religion to Science

He believed the lawful harmony of the universe suggested the existence of Spinoza‘s God.

November 29, 2018

We Are All Bewildered Machines

Bewilderment is the antidote to scientific reductionism.

November 9, 2018

Do Religious People Really Have a Problem with Evolution?

My journey into the middle ground of the science-religion culture war.

July 17, 2018

The Smaller the Theater, the Faster the Music

Composer Philip Glass talks time with painter Fredericka Foster.

How Posture Makes Us Human

The philosophy and science of standing up straight.

April 27, 2018

The Self Is Other People

Our very sense of who we are is intertwined with what we see when we see other people look at us.

April 2, 2018