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Philosopher of Change: How Henri Bergson’s Radical View of Reality Came to Be

Philosopher of Change: How Henri Bergson’s Radical View of Reality Came to Be

Emily Herring on Bergson’s Formative Upbringing in an Unstable France

By Emily Herring | October 29, 2024

A Marionette in the Milky Way: On Finding Your Way Into the Story You Want to Tell

A Marionette in the Milky Way: On Finding Your Way Into the Story You Want to Tell

Lindsey Drager Considers Impermanence, Finality and the Forces of the Universe in Fictional Narratives

By Lindsey Drager | August 16, 2024

If the World is a Giant Simulation, What's the Difference Between the Virtual Reality and “Real Life”?

If the World is a Giant Simulation, What's the Difference Between the Virtual Reality and “Real Life”?

Keen On">David Chalmers in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 9, 2022

On the Reality of Virtual Worlds"> Adventures in Technophilosophy: <br

Adventures in Technophilosophy: <br

On the Reality of Virtual Worlds">

On the Reality of Virtual Worlds">Adventures in Technophilosophy:
On the Reality of Virtual Worlds

David J. Chalmers Considers the Possibilities of VR

By David J. Chalmers | January 28, 2022

How, Exactly, Do Our Brains Construct Reality?

How, Exactly, Do Our Brains Construct Reality?

Will Storr on the Neuroscience Behind the World We See

By Will Storr | March 11, 2020

Real or Fake? Stuck in the Glitching Reality of Contemporary America

Real or Fake? Stuck in the Glitching Reality of Contemporary America

(and the Philosophical Problem of the Real)">Laurence Scott on Orrin Hatch's Glasses
(and the Philosophical Problem of the Real)

By Laurence Scott | May 23, 2019

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