Error, (sorry) Stephen Hawking, not Hawkins.

Stephen Hawkins is one of the New Atheist authors as well as a Scientist. His philosophy is that of Ontological Naturalism, which is a Monist Philosophy which declares that everything is Matter, and no "Transcendental" conceptions exist. There is nothing but Matter, Energy, Space and Time. Therefore, the only things that are real, are those Natural Phenomena which can be studied by the Natural Sciences. The consequence of which, is that Mind must be denied existence, because there is no Scientific Evidence showing that a Matter or Energy Exists, termed Mind. The counter philosophy, Dualism, which has held sway for nearly two thousand years, acknowledges that Natural Phenomena exist, but indicates that Mind exists also as an invisible, and immaterial identity, inclusive of "Transcendental" Conceptions which exists in only in mind. Such "Transcendental" conceptions are numbers, Good & Evil, and indeed, all Abstract Conceptions, none of which share a Causal Relation with those Identities which exist in Matter, Energy, Space, & Time.. Philosophically, I don't lend much credence to what Stephen Hawking writes, because his worldview has less, rather than more, Explanatory Power. Other prominent New Atheists who also subscribe to the Ontological Naturalist Philosophy are Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens (deceased), Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Richard Carrier, Victor Stenger, and John W. Loftus as well as many others. Such authors have great difficulty accounting for the many "Transcendental" Identities which populate the thought of mankind. Their philosophy is currently being discredited by First Tier philosophers and Scientists. .