<![CDATA[Stories by Geoff Ward on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@geoffjward?source=rss-1073f6ba10d1------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*cWp9cvOpzBsQ1XDznQHjDg.jpeg Stories by Geoff Ward on Medium https://medium.com/@geoffjward?source=rss-1073f6ba10d1------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:52:41 GMT <![CDATA[Reckoning with the riddles of language and consciousness]]>

Words do not merely describe reality; they create it.’ Stella Skopelitou

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‘Death is your professor — your ultimate teacher.’ Tony Ærcyus Christie

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‘Heaven needs to be brought close to people, not kept at bay.’ Tobias Churton.

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‘In a world where physics grapples with the mysteries of consciousness, the soul deserves recognition as a legitimate aspect of reality.’…

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Intuition stands in opposition to logic but it is not illogicality. Much illogicality today arises noticeably from a sub-ideology under…

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The controversy over the new movie Citizen Vigilante, and its initial ban in Germany, made me think of the Canadian film director David…

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Metaphysics once could be dismissed summarily by science and philosophy, but such peremptory dismissal is no longer possible, in my view.

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Seventy years ago this month The Outsider, the first book by the English existential philosopher, novelist and critic Colin Wilson…

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‘It is crucial to acknowledge the primacy of consciousness.’ Dr Edi Bilimoria.

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‘Words matter. Narratives matter. Especially in matters of truth’. Carlo Agostoni

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