Free Will and Benjamin Libet, part I

Do we have free will? Do we need it? What in the world is free will anyway? A few thoughts … More

The Metaphysics of “A Christmas Carol”

Have you ever seen a ghost? If you did, would you think you were having a hallucination, or would you … More

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

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