Everyone has beliefs—some are simple and basic (e.g., my name, age), others complex and controversial (e.g., God? Soul? Politics? Morality?). But what is the concept of...
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How to explain our inner awareness that is at once most common and most mysterious? Traditional explanations focus at the level of neuron and neuronal circuits in the brain....
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Virtual immortality is the theory that when the fullness of our mental selves can be uploaded with first-person perfection to non-biological media, then when our mortal...
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We are privileged to be living when science is making astounding progress. Humanity has learned so much, so quickly. What will science achieve in another hundred years? A...
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Normally, if we have a belief system, such as a particular religion, some kind of morality follows. Can the direction of causation go in reverse? If we commit to a particular...
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Does what we discover in science reflect what really exists in the world? Can science access external, independent, ultimate reality? “Realists” say Yes;...
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To assess whether God exists, we must ask what kind of God is supposed to exist? But can humans probe God? Can we inquire into God’s essence and nature? Is God at all...
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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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What is the deep nature of virtue? If God exists, then what is virtue? Does virtue differ in possible worlds where God exists and where God does not exist? How fundamental is...
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What is the relationship between God and time? Does God exist in time, being everlasting, without beginning or end? Or does God exist outside of time, on a wholly different...
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Metaphysics is the deepest probe of reality. It is the branch of philosophy that discerns the most general features of the world. When focused on God, metaphysics seeks...
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What do we know and how do we know it? What is knowledge? What is belief? How is belief justified? What justifies us in believing what we believe? Is justified belief...
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