Simon Walter Blackburn is an English academic philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends quasi-realism, and in the philosophy of language; more recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts to popularise philosophy. He retired as professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge in 2011, but remains a distinguished research professor…
Deepak Chopra is an Indian-American medical doctor, author, holistic health and New Age guru, and alternative medicine practitioner. Doctor Chopra began his medical career after he graduated from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 1968. He spent his first months as a doctor working in rural India. He subsequently immigrated to the US…
Professor Colin Blakemore, Ph.D, FRS, FMedSci, HonFSB, HonFRCP, was a British neurobiologist who was Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and University of Warwick specializing in vision and the development of the brain. Blakemore was Yeung Kin Man Professor of Neuroscience and senior fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study at…
Philip Clayton is Ingraham Professor at Claremont School of Theology. His previous teaching posts include Williams College and the California State University. Clayton received a joint doctorate in philosophy and religious studies from Yale University. Since that time he has written or edited some 24 books and close to two hundred articles. He has also…
Warren S. Brown is founder and previous director of the Lee Edward Travis Research Institute at the Fuller Theological Seminary and Professor of Psychology in the Graduate School of Psychology. He is also a previous member of the UCLA Brain Research Institute. Brown received his doctorate in Experimental Physiological Psychology from the University of Southern…
Tim Bayne is Professor of Philosophy at Monash University, Australia. He is a Senior Fellow in the CIFAR Brain, Mind, and Consciousness program. He is the author of several books including Philosophy of Mind, The Unity of Consciousness, and Thought: A Very Short Introduction. He is also editor of Delusion and Self-Deception, The Oxford Companion…
Sean Carroll is a physicist and Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and fractal faculty at the Santa Fe Institute. His research focuses on fundamental physics and cosmology. He has been awarded prizes and fellowships by the National Science Foundation, NASA, the American Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of London, and…
David Chalmers is a philosopher at New York University and the Australian National University. He is Professor of Philosophy and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at NYU, and also Professor of Philosophy at ANU. Chalmers works in the philosophy of mind and in related areas of philosophy and cognitive science. He…