Possibility Spaces in Cosmology, Biology, and Beyond

Join us for a fascinating webinar featuring Michael Levin (Tufts University) and George F. R. Ellis (University of Cape Town), moderated by Andrew M. Davis (Center for Process Studies). Together, they will explore the curious and profound question of “possibility spaces”—those unseen domains that shape what can emerge in cosmology, biology, and beyond. What are these possibility spaces? How do we come to know them? In what forms do they exist—and perhaps most intriguingly, why do they exist at all? Both Levin and Ellis have argued that possibility spaces are not merely invented, but discovered—in some sense deeply Platonic, yet empirically discoverable through science. This conversation will examine how such spaces bridge the domains of philosophy, physics, and biology, challenging our assumptions about where science ends and metaphysics begins. Are there ethical or moral dimensions to these possibility spaces? What might they reveal about the nature of mind in nature, and the creative unfolding of the cosmos itself? Join us for a wide-ranging dialogue at the intersection of science, philosophy, and the deep structure of reality.