A new mathematical explanation of how consciousness and agency arise.
A Theory of Reality as More Than the Sum of Its Parts
|Jun 6, 2017
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Articles
Rodin’s “The Thinker” Doesn’t Turn You Into an Atheist, After All
|Jun 6, 2017
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A few years ago, psychologists William Gervais and Ara Norenzayan published one of those eye-catching, headline-grabbing articles that can make an academic career. Specifically, they found that analytical thinking suppressed belief in God. This interesting effect held steady both for “trait” cognitive style (how analytically minded people are in their day-to-day lives) and for “state” cognitive style […]
Practicing the Pursuit of Happiness
|Jun 6, 2017
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What if happiness is not circumstantial but volitional? What if happiness is up to us?
John Templeton Foundation funds launch of ORBITER
|Jun 5, 2017
Online magazine to explore the intersection of science and meaning.
Can We Live Without Enchantment?
|Jun 1, 2017
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Does philosophy end in a disenchanted world, in which there are no mysteries left?
Worshipping Waterfalls
|Jun 1, 2017
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The evolution of belief.
Cultivating Resilience Through Story
|Jun 1, 2017
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How storytelling can help you gain control over life’s disasters.
The Inflated Debate Over Cosmic Inflation
|Jun 1, 2017
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Why the majority of physicists are on one side of a recent exchange of letters.
A Twist in Discussions of Chimpanzee Spirituality
|Jun 1, 2017
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Could their behavior be rituals with a spiritual dimension?
Can We Make Sense of the Origin of All Things?
|May 31, 2017
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Physicist Marcelo Gleiser takes a stab at the question.