Research
The domains our work moves across
The Lab studies the human being across the empirical sciences, philosophy, and the Islamic intellectual tradition. These are the fields we draw on and contribute to.
Human Nature
What is constant and what is contingent in the human being, across biology, culture, and history.
Neuroscience
The brain as the organ of mind, and the limits of what neural description can and cannot settle.
Consciousness & Mind
Subjective experience, attention, and selfhood — and the questions they raise for any account of the person.
Psychology
Cognition, emotion, motivation, and moral development as empirical and interpretive subjects.
Biology
Evolution, physiology, and the living systems from which human capacities emerge.
Philosophy of Mind
Conceptual analysis of mental states, intentionality, personal identity, and the mind–body relation.
Islamic Intellectual Tradition
Classical and modern thought on the soul, intellect, and the human being (al-insān), read on its own terms.
Human Physiology
The body as a site of inquiry — its systems, constraints, and relation to mind and behavior.
Emerging Science & Technology
How new science and technology reshape long-standing questions about what a human being is.
Flagship program
The Human Being Project
These domains are not pursued in isolation. Our flagship program, The Human Being Project, brings them together around a single integrated inquiry into what the human being is.