Articles
Foundation essays and research briefs for major questions about the universe, life, mind, morality, revelation, and competing worldviews.
Origins & Cosmology
The beginning, structure, and intelligibility of the universe.
The Big Bang and the Beginning of the Universe
Central question: Does the Big Bang point to a real beginning?
A careful look at what modern cosmology says, what it does not say, and why a beginning matters philosophically.
Fine-Tuning and the Structure of Reality
Central question: Why do the laws and constants of nature permit life?
The core fine-tuning argument, the limits of chance explanations, and the role of design, necessity, and multiverse proposals.
Life & Biology
Evolution, natural selection, biological information, and the origin of life.
Darwin, The Origin of Species, and Natural Selection
Central question: What does natural selection actually explain?
A clean distinction between Darwin's theory of species change and separate questions about life's first origin.
Abiogenesis and the Origin of Life
Central question: How did non-living chemistry become living systems?
The open scientific problem of life's origin, including information, self-replication, metabolism, and cell boundaries.
Mind & Consciousness
Reason, personhood, free will, and the limits of material explanations.
Consciousness and the Limits of Materialism
Central question: Can matter alone explain first-person experience?
A guide to the hard problem of consciousness, intentionality, rational trust, and personhood.
Morality & Meaning
Objective morality, purpose, suffering, justice, and human value.
Objective Morality and the Question of God
Central question: Can moral truths be objective without a transcendent ground?
The difference between moral feelings, social agreements, and objective moral obligations.