Biography
William Grassie is an American scholar and activist who founded the Metanexus Institute to promote scientifically rigorous and philosophically open-ended explorations of foundational questions at the intersection of science and religion. He earned a Ph.D. in comparative religion from Temple University and has taught at Temple University, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Sample Works
Roundtable Appearances
March 10, 2018 · ▶ Video
Transhumanist Predictions and the Human Predicament
The rapid development of technology in the modern era has inspired a movement known as transhumanism. Envisioned is a near future in which human bodies and minds will be...
William Grassie, Stephen Post, Ph.D., Francesca Rossi, Lee Silver, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Ph.D.
May 20, 2017 · ▶ Video
Complexity and Emergence II: Visions of Cosmic Order, from Particles to People
The roundtable explores "what principles of order underlie the ascent of complexity, from the simplest particles of physics heralding the birth of the universe, through biological...
William Grassie, David Grinspoon, Tim Maudlin, Ilya Temkin, Tyler Volk