Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new ...

A lecture to honor Professor Jay Garfield on the occasion of his upcoming retirement from Smith College Challenging essentialist metaphysical perspectives East and West, Madhyamaka or the ‘Middle Way’ ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

In June, at a conference set in the picturesque Italian town of Campagna, south-east of Naples, two physicists in a seemingly endless argument over a long-sought theory of fundamental reality caught ...

“The Rigor of Angels,” by William Egginton, considers how three very different men — Jorge Luis Borges, Immanuel Kant and Werner Heisenberg — rejected conventional assumptions about reality and ...

I see inherent self-contradiction in Daniele Oriti’s statement that “we make reality”. This is to claim to know reality. It is akin to saying that “there is no truth in words” (12 October, p 40).

White light can be blinding, cold, unforgiving. Our physical reality often finds it too much as well, splitting it apart any chance it gets. Plants are green because such wavelengths of light help it ...

Are you dreaming right now? No? Are you sure? How would you know if you were in a dream? Our waking life feels so convincing that we rarely stop to question it. But dreams often feel equally real ...

Quantum physics is often described as the most successful scientific framework in history. In its 100 years of existence, it has explained everything from the periodic table of the elements to how ...

“True Nature,” a new biography, chronicles the many lives and pursuits of the writer Peter Matthiessen. Nonfiction “True Nature,” a new biography, chronicles the many lives and pursuits of the writer ...