Is consciousness something special in the universe, its own category, irreducible to physical laws, a carrier of meaning and purpose? Or is consciousness a mere artifact of...
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The strength of religious belief is prodigious. People dedicate their lives, not eat certain foods (or not eat at all), refrain from sex, even sacrifice their lives—all for...
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Only about consciousness can we be 100 percent sure. That consciousness exists almost everyone agrees. What consciousness means—that’s where arguments and...
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We ask the broadest and most fundamental questions about biology, seeking meaning, purpose and implications of biological phenomena and systems. Questions include: life,...
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What happens when traditional theological doctrines clash with clear discoveries of science? For example, original sin in the Garden of Eden vs the evidence of evolution. How...
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Cosmology is the study of the universe, via theory and observation, of its beginning, evolution, large-scale structure, and far future. A philosophy of cosmology seeks to...
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Breakthroughs are whole new ways of thinking about biology. Darwinian evolution and the DNA revolution are prime examples. What else? Complex systems? Emergence? Reductionism...
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