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Q & A with Sam Harris
As I continue to explore questions of human potential with an eye toward balancing open-minded inquiry and rigorous, evidence-based critical thinking, no one has been more inspiring to me in recent years than Sam Harris. Especially considering his recent focus … Continue reading
Sam Harris: We are lost in thought
The Edge Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is “to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.” This year the foundation … Continue reading
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The Spiritual Atheist: Sam Harris’s “Experiments in Consciousness”
There are so many terms in the English language that fall flat from the weight of excessive baggage and unfortunate associations, but we’re especially hampered when discussing what theologian Paul Tillich called our “ultimate concern”—namely religion/spirituality. You see I’ve already … Continue reading
Sam Harris: The New Science of Morality
Sam Harris seems to be turning his attention from tearing apart religious dogma to creating a new philosophical foundation for the study of human flourishing. He has a new book coming out in October called The Moral Landscape, and recently … Continue reading
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