While the book's subtitle is 'How Mind Emerged From Matter', it's a far more ambitious--and complicated--attempt to show how goal-directed processes, including the origin of life and mind, can arise ...

Geoff Reese is a life coach who hosts a podcast called Wake Up Your Why. Back in July 1993, he joined a company as a copier salesman. He had recently left a private practice as a psychotherapist and ...

Coronavirus has brought about an unprecedented global shutdown. China imposed lockdowns in cities in Wuhan and other cities in the province of Hubei from late January, many of which are starting to ...

Teleology (pronounced tee-lee-ology or teh-lee-ology) is a philosophical term that refers to purpose in the natural world. The teleological stance asks you to look at the big picture and to think ...

The definition of teleology can get unpleasantly complex, but it boils down to something like this: Things wind up a certain way because they are, essentially, destined or programmed to do so by ...