From the Prologue to ‘The Vertical Ascent’ (I)
Bruno Bérard Editor’s Note: The following is the first of a two-part preview of M. Bérard’s Prologue to Wolfgang Smith’s forthcoming book,...
The Tale of Tati
Wolfgang Smith Editor’s Note: The following is the reprinted Foreword to A Priest and His Dog: The Tale of Tati published by Angelico Press in November...
The Wisdom of Wolfgang Smith | The Starting Point
In a sense the starting point and main emphasis in my work has been to discredit what I term the scientistic worldview. “Scientistic” rather ...
The Philos-Sophia Vlog | Theory and Reality
The fourth in a series of interview segments featuring Dr. Wolfgang Smith and Dr. Richard Smith, this remarkable interview ranges over a broad array of subjects...
The Philos-Sophia Vlog | The Measuring Problem
The third in a series of interview segments featuring Dr. Wolfgang Smith and Dr. Richard Smith, this remarkable interview ranges over a broad array of subjects,...
The Philos-Sophia Vlog | What is the Quantum Enigma?
The second in a series of interview segments featuring Dr. Wolfgang Smith and Dr. Richard Smith, this remarkable interview ranges over a broad array of subjects...
The Philos-Sophia Vlog | Welcome to Wolfgang Smith & Introducing Richard Smith
We’re very happy to share the first in a series of interview segments featuring Dr. Wolfgang Smith and Dr. Richard Smith. The remarkable interview ranges ...
EQR Review in Quest Magazine
A new review of The End of Quantum Reality by Dhananjay Joshi recently printed in Quest Magazine. {Click to enlarge} The Philos-Sophia Initiative’s featur...
Reflections on Top-Down Causation
John Taylor Editor’s Note: This is a revised version of the article—which includes footnote #26—republished 8 March 2021. Recently I penned an article...
The Wisdom of Wolfgang Smith | Know Thyself
The teaching of the Delphic oracle—”Know thyself”—is a question of supreme Wisdom, which has been very largely forgotten in modern times....
The Wisdom of Wolfgang Smith | New Oracle
Imagine a father or mother hugging their child in the belief that it is an aggregate of “quantum stuff”! I mean, it is really horrible even t...
Causal Emergence and Vertical Causation
John Taylor In reference to the then current scientific paradigm Nikola Tesla once said, “One can think deeply and be quite insane.” The spirit of this prof...
The Wisdom of Wolfgang Smith | Utterly Dehumanized
When you stop to reflect upon this discrepancy between what we believe in our “scientific” moments, so to speak—when we consciously accept ...
The Wisdom of Wolfgang Smith | Illusion
When it comes right down to it nobody believes this fully, because most of the time during the day the grass is green. I mean, even a physicist will see ...
“The End of Quantum Reality” Now Available on Prime & iTunes
Great news! The End of Quantum Reality is now available on Amazon Prime Video and iTunes! Please help us spread the word about this remarkable film to your frie...
The Wisdom of Wolfgang Smith | Scientism and Ideology
A great deal of what we call science is scientism, which is to say that it’s ideology driven. What we are facing here is not “science,”...
Gnosticism Today
Wolfgang Smith Based upon the almost universally overlooked distinction between scientific fact and scientistic belief, I have had much to say in recent years c...
The Wisdom of Wolfgang Smith | The Famous “Measuring Problem”
We do perceive the external world—the grass is green, roses are red, mountains have a beautiful view which you can hardly describe. This is not just in...
The Wisdom of Wolfgang Smith | A Completely Skewed Worldview
We have been educated in a completely skewed worldview. We have an upside-down view of almost everything because, as I say, we are officially persuaded t...
Rick DeLano Interview at Finding Genius Podcast
At the Finding Genius Podcast, Rick DeLano critiques the widespread belief that the world is composed of atoms or fundamental particles, tackling the question b...
The Wisdom of Wolfgang Smith | We Are Born for Wisdom
One is then open to learn—and there is a great deal to learn—and it is possible. Every human being can learn. Every human being, to some degree or ot...
An Interview with Wolfgang Smith at Sacred Web
In this interview for Sacred Web—generously shared with the Initiative by the journal’s editor, M. Ali Lakhani—Samuel Bendeck Sotillos elicits from W...
The End of Quantum Reality: Now on Disc & Digital
The Philos-Sophia Initiative is pleased to announce that The End of Quantum Reality—our feature documentary on the life and work of Dr. Wolfgang Smith—is no...
The Mystery of Visual Perception
Wolfgang Smith Editor’s Note: This article is also available in Portuguese language translation. Lord Kelvin made a crucially important point when he declar...
Vertical Causation and Wholeness
Wolfgang Smith Editor’s Note: This article is also available in Spanish and Portuguese. Vertical causality made its appearance in the context of the mea...
The End of Quantum Reality: Theatrical Update
CONFIRMED BOOKINGS PITTSBURGH: Opening January 11 Carnegie Science Center Rangos Giant Cinema 1 Allegheny Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15212 ADVANCE TICK...
Preface to the Persian Edition of ‘Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions’
Wolfgang Smith Editor’s Note: The following is a reproduction of Prof. Smith’s preface to Sa’id Tehrani-Nasab’s translation of Ancient...
Four Ideas of Nature and the Vindication of Aristotle
Ali Sebetci The late English philosopher R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) argues in his influential book, The Idea of Nature, that there have been three periods of...