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An illustration of the medieval Franciscan John Duns Scotus, who argued that we are a “total cause” of what we freely will.

What Does It Mean to Have Free Will?

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Behavior, Freedom, Morality, Philosophy, Religion
October 11, 2017
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Do We Need Purposes in Biology?

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Evolution, Philosophy, Purpose, Science
October 6, 2017
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Can Cosmology Prove or Disprove Creation?

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Astronomy, Cosmology, Philosophy, Physics, Religion, Science
October 2, 2017
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What Is the Purpose of Emotion?

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Behavior, Philosophy, Science
September 28, 2017
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Can Neuroscientists Measure Free Will?

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Behavior, Freedom, Morality, Philosophy, Reason, Science
September 21, 2017
An image produced with DeepDream, a program that simulates hallucinations using a model similar to predictive processing.

Is Perception a ‘Controlled Hallucination’?

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Behavior, Philosophy
September 6, 2017
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What Can Solar Eclipses Teach Us About the Nature of Science?

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Astronomy, Cosmology, Philosophy, Physics, Science
August 21, 2017
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Science and Religion: Conflict or Consonance?

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Philosophy, Physics, Reason, Religion, Science
August 7, 2017
An altar dedicated to St. Thomas Aquinas in the Convento de San Esteban, a Dominican monastery in Salamanca, Spain.

Is the Human Person Naturally Religious?

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Behavior, Morality, Philosophy, Purpose, Reason, Religion
July 20, 2017
American painter Albert Bierstadt’s 1863 The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak. American historian Frederick Jackson Turner articulated what came to be known as the Frontier Thesis (discussed below), the idea that westward expansion shaped the character of American democracy.

Can We Live Without Enchantment?

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Freedom, Morality, Philosophy
June 5, 2017