Join scientists and artists as they “ponder the aesthetics of evolution” at a free public event in New York City on February 25.
Metanexus Cogito. 6,112 Words. “There is something decidedly weird about this business of spirituality. Just say the word ﾓspiritual,ﾔ or, if you prefer more gravitas, ﾓmystical,ﾔ and you will witness a strange phenomenon. You will find many tough-talking, God-is-dead rationalists morph into Mahesh Yogi lites, peddling sweet-nothings about merging the ﾓselfﾔ into the universe, and…
The late Alan Watts on personal identity and understanding our place in the Universe: Author
Introduction: What is the Self? In this paper I will try to show that that there are by necessity emotional moments in our Selves, without them no Self. S is only a Self if it can be placed in emotional space. I will explain by and by what I mean by “emotional space”, for the…
1 Introduction First I wish to extend my thanks to the Metanexus Institute for planning this conference, for locating it in my favorite European country, and in particular for inviting me to be on the program with the person I’ve long believed to be the most sophisticated scholar writing on the free-will problem. In this…
Does the history of our species show any evidence of higher purpose?