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What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?

Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience. Read More ›
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Is Darwinian Philosopher Daniel Dennett the End of an Era?

Dennett’s image of the human mind as a user-illusion was very fashionable but it never made any sense. Read More ›
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Could Evolution Give Us Free Will?

From one corner we learn that free will could possibly exist, provided that it is materialized or, if you like “evolutionized.” Read More ›
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From Scientific American, Another Bedtime Story for Atheists

The upshot of the best modern biology and cosmology can be epitomized by changing just one word in physicist Steven Weinberg’s famous comment. Read More ›

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