Roundtables – The Helix Center

This roundtable examines whether science’s empirical success implies a universal account of reality, or whether reality is better understood as consisting of multiple ontological levels and a plurality of scientific frameworks. It considers tensions between reductionist and pluralist views, and reflects on the implications of these positions for the status of the humanities, the possibility of a unified theory of reality, and the limits of human cognition in grasping such unity.

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Dec 7th
2019

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Mathematics and Other Realities

This roundtable examines competing views of reality beyond physicalism, focusing on mathematical Platonism and tiered ontologies. It considers how these perspectives challenge the idea that particles and fields form the sole fundamental basis of existence.

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Feb 11th
2023

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The Body and Psychosis

This roundtable explores 4E Cognition—how thought is shaped by the body, environment, social interaction, and extended tools—and what this means for consciousness and shared reality. It examines these ideas through philosophy, psychology, and cases like psychosis, considering how our experience of the world is constructed and maintained.

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The Completeness of Physics

Mathematics and Other Realities