Season of the Witch

Can science be the source of human values? The only source? That’s the idea behind Secular Scientific Humanism. SSH is … More

HELP! MY SELF-DRIVING CAR IS A ZOMBIE!

This is the time of year to talk about monsters, and Sean Carroll does not miss the opportunity. A few … More

Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks have been having an entertaining series of conversations in the on-line section of the New … More

Richard Dawkins thinks the greatest story ever told is the story of evolution. He’s got a point. It … More

Does philosophy—its study or practice—make us happy? Should it? The word is from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally “love of wisdom”. … More

Dan Dennett is a materialist. Dualists think that there are two kinds of things in the world—mind and body. Dennett … More

In criminal trials, juries are often asked to figure out what kind of thought process was going on in the … More

“Without consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless.” —Tom Nagel One of … More

In The Big Picture, Sean Carroll is anxious to reject religious ideas of the immortal soul, and this makes him … More

Francis Crick opened his book The Astonishing Hypothesis with this salvo: Q: What is the soul? A: The soul is … More