Quantum theory is often sold as a story about tiny particles, but its real disruption lands squarely on our everyday sense of ...

The nature of reality challenges the fundamental elements of existence and essence. Whether we discern it or not, reality is said to always exist. It can be both objective (independent of perception) ...

When you’re chasing after a goal, it’s not uncommon to stress about it 24/7. For example, if you want a new job, you might scour websites, send out 50 resumes, wake up at 3 a.m. in a sweat, think ...

Questions about life and the universe seem to be as old as human thought. While countless individuals have tried to provide the answers to these questions, the fact remains that many across the globe ...

Alyssa Ney is professor and chair of metaphysics at the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Religious Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany. This week, physicists are ...

Picture an apple, any apple. As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability to visualize things in your mind’s eye—this suggestion triggers brain activity that’s surprisingly similar to what ...

Consciousness is the ultimate question of existence. Nothing is more essential than our experience. Yet we have no consensus, and perhaps no clue, about what it actually is. The trouble, in part, is ...