A trailblazing philosopher's exploration of the latest brain science—and its ethical and
practical implications. What happens when we accept that everything we feel and think …

Existentialisms arise when the foundations of being, such as meaning, morals, and purpose
come under assault. In the first-wave of existentialism, writings typified by Kierkegaard …

During the second half of the twentieth century, economics exported its logic–utility
maximization–to the analysis of several human activities or realities: a tendency that has …

Abstract Jean Paul Sartre (1946/2007) was correct when he said existentialism is a
humanism. Existentialisms are responses to recognizable diminishments in the self-image of …

There is a distinctive form of existential anxiety, neuroexistential anxiety, which derives from
the way in which contemporary neuroscience provides copious amounts of evidence to …

Recent work in the psychology of happiness has led some to conclude that we are
unreliable assessors of our lives and that skepticism about whether we are happy is a …

Perceiving the lack of control over the natural and social spheres is psychologically averse.
The resulting depression has an effect upon the human animal's inclusive fitness. In …

This dissertation endeavors to address a gap in current academic discourse by initiating a
dialogue on existential/ontological virtues and the establishment of a virtue ontology …

I discuss Rorty's view of philosophy as cultural politics in order to do cultural politics to
challenge Rorty's cultural political rejection of ontology in favor of cultural politics. My …

Religious commitments are often attributed to an experience (Proudfoot 1985; Boyer and
Bergstrom 2008; Taves 2009). The experience purportedly involves an immediate …