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The Ethics of Precision Medicine and Burned Agency with Paul Scherz and Travis Pickell

In this special installment of the University of Notre Dame Press's Books for Better Understanding, Paul Scherz, the Our Lady of Guadalupe Professor of Theology with the University of Notre Dame, and Travis Pickell, Assistant Professor at George Fox University, get together to di ...  Show more

Life's Chemical Secret: The Origin of Purpose and Mind with Addy Pross (MIT Press, 2026)

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