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) ...

What is the fundamental ground of reality? What will ultimately ground our "theory of everything"? Philosophers and scientists tend to give three very different answers to these questions. Three ...

The reality we understand and interact with daily might, according to some scientists, be nothing more than an elaborate simulation. This hypothesis, intriguing as it may be, is supported by various ...

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 ...

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).

Growing up in the US during the oil embargo of the early 1970s, I was bombarded by public service announcements encouraging people to conserve energy. But at a very young age, I also read that “energy ...

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals in the deep scaffolding of the world: the nature of space, time, causation and existence, the foundations of reality itself. It’s generally ...

The idea that we’re living inside a simulation, as popularized by “The Matrix” franchise, has piqued the interest of scientists for decades. In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed in a highly ...