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Rupert Sheldrake

Radical scientist specialising in parapsychology, Sheldrake invented the theory of "Morphic Resonance" and is the author of The Science Delusion.

“The facts of science are real enough... But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.”  Rupert Sheldrake

Rupert Sheldrake is an English scientist whose research into parapsychology and evolution led to the theory of morphic resonance, expounded in the book A New Science of Life. The theory posits that "memory is inherent in nature" which makes it possible for "telepathy-type interconnections between organisms." Other topics he has written and spoken on include precognition, the relationships between spirituality and science and the psychic staring effect. Sheldrake's most recent book is Science and Spiritual Practices (2017).


"Sheldrake is an excellent scientist; the proper, imaginative kind that in an earlier age discovered continents and mirrored the world in sonnets." New Scientist

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“The facts of science are real enough... But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.”  Rupert Sheldrake

Rupert Sheldrake is an English scientist whose research into parapsychology and evolution led to the theory of morphic resonance, expounded in the book A New Science of Life. The theory posits that "memory is inherent in nature" which makes it possible for "telepathy-type interconnections between organisms." Other topics he has written and spoken on include precognition, the relationships between spirituality and science and the psychic staring effect. Sheldrake's most recent book is Science and Spiritual Practices (2017).


"Sheldrake is an excellent scientist; the proper, imaginative kind that in an earlier age discovered continents and mirrored the world in sonnets." New Scientist

Rupert Sheldrake Videos

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Rupert Sheldrake,Philip Ball,Tara Shears,Massimo Pigliucci

Missing Evidence

Does physics still need experiment?
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Rupert Sheldrake,Hilary Lawson

Rupert Sheldrake in conversation with Hilary Lawson

The unspoken dogmas of science
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David Malone,Rupert Sheldrake,Denis Noble,Anne Bowcock

Emperor's New Genes

Are genes not the blueprint for life we imagined?

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Joanna Kavenna,Rupert Sheldrake,Timothy Morton,Curt Jaimungal

The phantom of the present

On grasping the present
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Rupert Sheldrake

Mind and the Universe

Is consciousness stranger than we thought?

Rupert Sheldrake Articles

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Rupert Sheldrake

Beyond the Machine Metaphor
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Rupert Sheldrake

The Tribe of Science
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Rupert Sheldrake

The Science Delusion
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Rupert Sheldrake

A New Science of Life

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Joanna Kavenna,Colin Blakemore,David Malone,Rupert Sheldrake

Beyond the Machine

Metaphors of the body
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Rupert Sheldrake,Stephen Law,James Le Fanu

The Limits of Science

Truth and the boundaries of knowledge
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Rupert Sheldrake

The Extended Mind

Is consciousness confined to the body?
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John Ellis,Rupert Sheldrake,Nancy Cartwright,Alok Jha

Unnatural Laws

Are eternal laws an illusion?
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Rufus Duits,Paul Boghossian,Rupert Sheldrake,Hilary Lawson,Rebecca Roache

The Secrets of the World

Can we have a complete description of reality?
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James Ladyman,Rupert Sheldrake,George Ellis,Amie Thomasson

Something and Nothing

Is there something rather than nothing?
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Rupert Sheldrake

Rethinking Science and Spirituality

Rupert Sheldrake | They complement each other
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Rupert Sheldrake

The Science Delusion

Rupert Sheldrake on the blind spots of science
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Rupert Sheldrake,Sue Nelson,John Heil,Daniel Stoljar

It's an Immaterial World

Do particles exist?
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David Malone,Rupert Sheldrake,Oliver Scott Curry,Eva Jablonka

After Darwin

Is the age of selfish gene theory over?
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Isabel Hilton,Rupert Sheldrake,David Berman,James Wilk

The Eureka Moment

Are mavericks the real innovators in science?
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James Ladyman,Rupert Sheldrake,David Nutt,Alison Wolf

Science… Fiction?

The future of science
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Rupert Sheldrake

The Habits of Nature

Do natural laws evolve over time?
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Rupert Sheldrake

Cycles of Wonder

Science and Religion
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Rupert Sheldrake

Challenging the scientific dogma

An interview with Rupert Sheldrake
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Rupert Sheldrake,Sabine Hossenfelder,Bjørn Ekeberg,Johnjoe McFadden

The strangeness of the universe

A weird and wonderful world
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Rupert Sheldrake,Güneş Taylor,Michael Shermer

On the edges of knowledge

How do we assess claims to scientific knowledge?
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Hilary Lawson,Joanna Kavenna,Rupert Sheldrake,Peter Atkins,Güneş Taylor

Reality, fantasy and metaphor

Are scientific metaphors a real description of reality?
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Rupert Sheldrake,Natasha Vita-More,Susan Schneider

Mind over matter

The potential of mind-computer interface technology
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Joanna Kavenna,Rupert Sheldrake,Tommy J. Curry,Suchitra Sebastian

After knowledge

The limits of knowledge
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Rupert Sheldrake,Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

Fantasy and the void

Will science ever replace religion?
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Rupert Sheldrake

Ways to go beyond

Why spiritual journeys draw non-religious people

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Rupert Sheldrake

Discovering the world beyond science

Revisiting the supernatural
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Steve Fuller,Rupert Sheldrake,Angela Saini,Peter Atkins,Danielle Sands

Seeing how it is

Can empirical observation lead us to the truth?
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Rupert Sheldrake

Nature's memory

The theory of Morphic Resonance
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Rupert Sheldrake

Consciousness beyond the brain

Re-thinking the limits of the mind
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Rupert Sheldrake,Paul Davies,Dallas Campbell,Katie Robertson

What the world is made of

What is the fundamental nature of reality?

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Rupert Sheldrake,Danielle Sands,James Tartaglia,Maria Balaska

The search for meaning

Does philosophy give meaning to our life?

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Joanna Kavenna,Rupert Sheldrake,Timothy Morton,Curt Jaimungal

The phantom of the present

On grasping the present
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Rupert Sheldrake

The Hidden Science of Spirituality

Why meditation and prayer is good for you
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Rupert Sheldrake

Finding transcendence in a secular world

Spirituality amid secularism
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Joanna Kavenna,Mark Salter,Rupert Sheldrake,Minna Salami,Olivia Fane

Trash, trends and the transcendent

Has culture lost sight of the sublime?
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Rupert Sheldrake,Hilary Lawson

Rupert Sheldrake in conversation with Hilary Lawson

The unspoken dogmas of science
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Rupert Sheldrake

Living in the now

Spiritual practices and panpsychism
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Rupert Sheldrake,Anders Sandberg,Myriam Francois,Ella Whelan

Love and other drugs

Are psychedelics the love potion of the future?
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Rupert Sheldrake,Peter Sjöstedt-H

In conversation with Rupert Sheldrake

An exploration of the mind