Possibilianism, as an explicit position, rejects both the idiosyncratic claims of traditional theism and the certainty of atheism in favor of a middle, exploratory ground. The term was defined by neuroscientist David Eagleman in relation to his book Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. An adherent of Possibilianism is called a possibilian. The possibilian perspective is distinguished from agnosticism in that it consists of an active exploration of novel possibilities and an emphasis on holding multiple hypotheses at once when no data is available to privilege one position over the others. Possibilianism is understood to be consonant with the "scientific temperament" of creativity and tolerance for multiple ideas
On his website, Eagleman states that he has an upcoming treatise entitled "Why I am a Possibilian" .
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