🕊️ Free Will

Philosophical and narrative explorations of humanity's oldest question: whether our choices are truly our own, or whether fate, biology, and circumstance have already decided.

Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records

by Kevin J. Todeschi • 1998

Every soul's history lives in one database. Cayce accessed it. Its contents may explain your life.

4.20

859

📜 Akashic Records 🔮 Edgar Cayce ⏮️ Past Lives 🔄 Karma 👁️ Psychic Development

Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records

Every soul's history lives in one database. Cayce accessed it. Its contents may explain your life.

by Kevin J. Todeschi 1998

4.20

859 ratings

📜 Akashic Records 🔮 Edgar Cayce ⏮️ Past Lives 🔄 Karma 👁️ Psychic Development

Critique of Practical Reason

by Immanuel Kant • 1788

Morality comes from reason alone, not feelings or consequences; through it we discover our freedom.

3.94

12k+

🏛️ Moral Philosophy 📜 Deontological Ethics 🧠 Practical Reason 🇩🇪 German Idealism 🕯️ Enlightenment Thought

Critique of Practical Reason

Morality comes from reason alone, not feelings or consequences; through it we discover our freedom.

by Immanuel Kant 1788

3.94

12k+ ratings

🏛️ Moral Philosophy 📜 Deontological Ethics 🧠 Practical Reason 🇩🇪 German Idealism 🕯️ Enlightenment Thought

Until the End of Time

by Brian Greene • 2020

The universe is winding down, yet it made you. Why, from quarks to consciousness.

4.04

6k+

🌌 Big History 🌡️ Thermodynamics 🧬 Origins Of Life 🧠 Consciousness 📖 Storytelling

Until the End of Time

The universe is winding down, yet it made you. Why, from quarks to consciousness.

by Brian Greene 2020

4.04

6k+ ratings

🌌 Big History 🌡️ Thermodynamics 🧬 Origins Of Life 🧠 Consciousness 📖 Storytelling

The Bible Code

by Michael Drosnin • 1997

Genesis skip-code: assassins named, wars dated, atomic fire foretold. Math says it's no accident.

2.88

2k+

🕵️ Hidden Knowledge 📖 Biblical Prophecy 🔐 Coded Messages ⚠️ Apocalyptic Warnings ✡️ Jewish Mysticism

The Bible Code

Genesis skip-code: assassins named, wars dated, atomic fire foretold. Math says it's no accident.

by Michael Drosnin 1997

2.88

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Hidden Knowledge 📖 Biblical Prophecy 🔐 Coded Messages ⚠️ Apocalyptic Warnings ✡️ Jewish Mysticism

Twilight and Philosophy

by Rebecca Housel • 2009

A vampire romance whose real subject is free will, personhood, and the cost of forever.

4.41

23k+

🍿 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧛 Vampire Studies ✊ Feminist Criticism 📖 Literary Analysis ⏳ Immortality

Twilight and Philosophy

A vampire romance whose real subject is free will, personhood, and the cost of forever.

by Rebecca Housel 2009

4.41

23k+ ratings

🍿 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧛 Vampire Studies ✊ Feminist Criticism 📖 Literary Analysis ⏳ Immortality

Your Brain Is a Time Machine

by Dean Buonomano • 2017

Your brain is a simulator of futures; physics suggests time may not flow at all.

3.90

2k+

⏳ Time Perception 🕰️ Physics Of Time 🌗 Circadian Rhythms 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌱 Evolutionary Psychology

Your Brain Is a Time Machine

Your brain is a simulator of futures; physics suggests time may not flow at all.

by Dean Buonomano 2017

3.90

2k+ ratings

⏳ Time Perception 🕰️ Physics Of Time 🌗 Circadian Rhythms 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌱 Evolutionary Psychology

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten

by Julian Baggini • 2005

100 thought experiments that turn morality, identity, and reason inside out.

3.73

5k+

💭 Thought Experiments 📚 Pop Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ⚖️ Moral Dilemmas 🧬 Personal Identity

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten

100 thought experiments that turn morality, identity, and reason inside out.

by Julian Baggini 2005

3.73

5k+ ratings

💭 Thought Experiments 📚 Pop Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ⚖️ Moral Dilemmas 🧬 Personal Identity

Irreducible

by Federico Faggin • 2024

Consciousness came first. Matter is what it looks like from the outside. Quantum physics proves it.

4.10

477

⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🌀 Panpsychism 💭 Idealism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Post-Materialist Science

Irreducible

Consciousness came first. Matter is what it looks like from the outside. Quantum physics proves it.

by Federico Faggin 2024

4.10

477 ratings

⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🌀 Panpsychism 💭 Idealism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Post-Materialist Science

Medieval Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2005

For a thousand years, philosophy was one long attempt to reconcile reason with revelation.

3.80

284

📚 Scholasticism ⛪ Faith And Reason 🔭 Metaphysics ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🕊️ Thomism

Medieval Philosophy

For a thousand years, philosophy was one long attempt to reconcile reason with revelation.

by Anthony Kenny 2005

3.80

284 ratings

📚 Scholasticism ⛪ Faith And Reason 🔭 Metaphysics ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🕊️ Thomism

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

by David Hume • 1748

If a book contains neither math nor experiment, it is worthless. A philosopher explains why.

3.94

23k+

🔬 Empiricism 📚 Epistemology 🤔 Skepticism ⛓️ Causation ☪️ Philosophy Of Religion

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

If a book contains neither math nor experiment, it is worthless. A philosopher explains why.

by David Hume 1748

3.94

23k+ ratings

🔬 Empiricism 📚 Epistemology 🤔 Skepticism ⛓️ Causation ☪️ Philosophy Of Religion

Projections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.

4.00

2k+

🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits 🛋️ Patient Narratives 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

Projections

How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.

by Karl Deisseroth 2021

4.00

2k+ ratings

🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits 🛋️ Patient Narratives 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

Freedom and Neurobiology

by John Rogers Searle • 2005

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

3.56

246

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🧩 Consciousness 🗣️ Speech Act Theory 👑 Political Authority

Freedom and Neurobiology

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

by John Rogers Searle 2005

3.56

246 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🧩 Consciousness 🗣️ Speech Act Theory 👑 Political Authority

Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

by John Kaag • 2021

William James's philosophy for when life feels not worth living: start with 'maybe'.

3.65

859

🛠️ Pragmatism 😔 Existential Despair 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🔄 Habit Change 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

William James's philosophy for when life feels not worth living: start with 'maybe'.

by John Kaag 2021

3.65

859 ratings

🛠️ Pragmatism 😔 Existential Despair 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🔄 Habit Change 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Debating Calvinism

by Dave Hunt • 2004

Two theologians, one Bible, total disagreement on who God saves and why the cross matters.

3.36

269

🏛️ Reformed Theology 🌊 Arminian Theology 🎯 Predestination 👑 Divine Sovereignty ✝️ Soteriology

Debating Calvinism

Two theologians, one Bible, total disagreement on who God saves and why the cross matters.

by Dave Hunt 2004

3.36

269 ratings

🏛️ Reformed Theology 🌊 Arminian Theology 🎯 Predestination 👑 Divine Sovereignty ✝️ Soteriology

Aping Mankind

by Raymond Tallis • 2011

Brain and genes can't contain a mind: the fatal gap in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology.

4.04

213

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🤯 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Mind-Body Problem 🎯 Intentionality 👤 Human Uniqueness

Aping Mankind

Brain and genes can't contain a mind: the fatal gap in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology.

by Raymond Tallis 2011

4.04

213 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🤯 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Mind-Body Problem 🎯 Intentionality 👤 Human Uniqueness

Purpose

by Samuel T. Wilkinson • 2024

Evolution is not blind chance. Deeper laws shape it, and those laws reveal your purpose.

3.71

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 Science And Religion ⚖️ Moral Psychology 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Relationships 🙏 Theistic Evolution

Purpose

Evolution is not blind chance. Deeper laws shape it, and those laws reveal your purpose.

by Samuel T. Wilkinson 2024

3.71

82 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 Science And Religion ⚖️ Moral Psychology 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Relationships 🙏 Theistic Evolution

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