About Steven Colborne

Steven Colborne is a British philosopher and author. He was born in 1982 in Cambridge, England, grew up in Abingdon near Oxford, and moved to London in 2000 to study. He is a first-class BA (Hons) graduate of the University of Westminster, and holds a PG Cert in Philosophy and Religion from the University of London.

Colborne is the author of several acclaimed books, including the spiritual memoir 'The Philosophy of a Mad Man' and the groundbreaking philosophical work 'God's Grand Game: Divine Sovereignty and the Cosmic Playground'. In 2012, he established PerfectChaos.org, an award-winning philosophy and theology blog which has grown to have over 6000 subscribers.

Specialising in the area of philosophical theology, Colborne's work focuses on the divine sovereignty versus human free will problem. This subject area is vitally important to Colborne's worldview, and as he explains in 'God's Grand Game', our understanding of it affects the way we look at key religious doctrines such as sin, salvation, and divine judgment.

Colborne's insistence that we do not have free will (and that all will is God's will) presents a challenge to leading world religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, which all affirm free will as a central element in their theology. Colborne's contrasting worldview, in which God is sovereign over all events (including every human thought, word, and deed) is radical in certain respects, but the depth of reflection, explanation, and insight in Colborne's arguments has led to his work being described by certain commentators as "genius" and "irresistible".

Colborne is regarded by some as a controversial figure, as he has spent several spells in psychiatric hospital. His written works, which in places draw upon his experience of mental illness, challenge established scientific thinking on the working of the human mind, the role of the brain in human experience, and the nature of consciousness.

A leading thinker when it comes to contemporary philosophical discussion, Colborne's work has application to diverse areas of philosophy including the philosophy of religion, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science, epistemology, political philosophy, ethics, and many others. As such, his body of work represents a vital and timely contribution to the history of philosophy.