Anthropic Bias explores how to reason when you suspect that your evidence is biased by"
observation selection effects"--that is, evidence that has been filtered by the precondition …

" Quantum theory, the most successful physical theory of all time, provoked intense debate
between the twentieth century's two greatest physicists, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. The …

The history of the interaction between science and religion is fraught with tension, although,
as philosopher Phil Dowe demonstrates, many thoughtful and religious people have also …

The multiverse hypothesis is one of the leading proposed explanations of cosmic fine‐tuning
for life. One common objection to the multiverse hypothesis is that, even if it were true, it …

Is the fact that our universe contains fine-tuned life evidence that we live in a multiverse? Ian
Hacking and Roger White influentially argue that it is not. We approach this question through …

How anything acts depends upon what it is, both as a kind of thing and as a distinct
individual of that kind:“agere sequitur esse”—action follows being. This is as true of signs as …

Why do so many Americans reject the modern theory of evolution? Why does creationism,
thoroughly refuted by scientists, retain such popularity among the public? Is the perceived …

This thesis develops a theory of how to reason when our evidence has been subjected to
observational selection effects. It has applications in cosmology, evolutionary biology …

The primary purpose of this book is to prepare the ground for coordinated efforts aiming to
answer the question: where and when life originated. The appearance of life involves three …

Alien Life and Human Purpose: A Rhetorical Examination through History provides a
rhetorical examination of the way major historical figures connect their arguments for the …