Exploring mind, meaning, and extraordinary experience
Sharon Hewitt Rawlette is a philosopher who writes for both popular and scholarly audiences on the topics of consciousness, anomalous experience, ethics, and spirituality. She has a PhD in philosophy from New York University and taught at Brandeis University before launching her career as an independent writer and researcher. She is also the founder and director of the Mind & Meaning Institute.
Books
Survival
Beyond Death
Runner-Up in the 2021 Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies Essay Contest
A succinct presentation of the best case studies pointing to life after death, with an emphasis on addressing the super-psi/living-agent psi hypothesis
Synchronicity
The Source and Significance of Coincidences
“Elegantly written, thorough, sophisticated, and nuanced.” — Stephen E. Braude, PhD, author of Crimes of Reason and The Gold Leaf Lady
An exploration of experiences that stand on the ambiguous boundary between the everyday and the paranormal
Philosophy
The Feeling of Value
“[E]xceptionally bold and philosophically absorbing.” — from the foreword by Thomas Nagel, PhD, author of Mind & Cosmos
A scholarly treatise arguing for a version of moral realism grounded in the qualia of phenomenal consciousness
Memoir
The Supreme Victory of the Heart
“[O]ne of the most courageous, captivating, and unflinchingly honest memoirs to appear in years.” — Larry M. Dossey, MD, NYT best-selling author of Healing Words and One Mind
A true story about the twists and turns of human love and the way that life’s strange coincidences sometimes lead us to the strongest, truest parts of ourselves
Sharon Hewitt Rawlette, PhD 