Author: Closer To Truth

Can an all-powerful God refuse to use coercive power?* Paul Fiddes argues that God’s greatest power is not domination or force, … source

What makes information a real part of physics rather than just a way of describing the world?* Chiara Marletto explains how … source

*Can altered states of consciousness reveal aspects of reality that ordinary awareness cannot access?* Thomas Brophy explores dreams, meditation, psychedelics, lucid dreaming, near-death experiences, and other altered states as possible

Imagine someone claimed that thinking the right thoughts, in the right order, could conjure a tennis ball out of thin air.* You’d call it … source

Alex O’Connor argues that consciousness may be philosophy’s deepest question. 🎬 Join today’s premiere “Alex O’Connor: Is Consciousness Fundamental?” at 7:00 PM ET: https://youtu.be/3MU2fNwhOxY source

Does Christian faith provide scientific knowledge—or something else entirely?* Alister McGrath explores whether the Christian … source

What if mathematics isn’t the foundation of reality?* Vlatko Vedral explores whether physics may be more fundamental than … source

Can human beings think about God without relying on metaphor?* George Lakoff argues that all concepts of God arise through … source

*Can art reveal aspects of the self that philosophy and science miss?* Murray Smith argues that fiction gives us access to forms of selfhood radically different from our own experiences.

*Can consciousness emerge from something that is not conscious?* Federico Faggin argues that no mechanism can explain how consciousness arises from non-conscious matter, and that consciousness and free will must