Welcome to the official page
for my
second
book: "Mythos
& Logos", which is a work of philosophy to
establish the secular worldview I propose. I'm writing it to be in
straightforward language, without unnecessary and confusing jargon, so
that it's easily approachable for everyone. I also layout the arguments
for the positions I propose in a categorical logical form, starting
with specified premises, and making specified inferences, to arrive at
specified conclusions. In this manner, each proposed position to the
various questions within each of the core, foundational, fields of
philosophical inquiry is made clearly and with methodical
scrutiny.
There are
five foundational fields of inquiry which I address as the
“core” of what makes up the philosophy I propose. These five fields
are: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of the Mind, Philosophy of
Logic and of Science, and Moral Philosophy. It should be noted, first,
that “Metaphysics” is a philosophical field, not to be confused with
the pseudoscience hippie mysticism. Metaphysics is a field that focuses
on the nature of existence, asking “What exists?” and “What things can
be said of that which exists?” I treat Epistemology in the same chapter
as I do Metaphysics because I believe they necessarily must be dealt
with together. While Metaphysics deals with the nature of existence,
Epistemology deals with the nature of knowledge and understanding.
I deal
with Epistemology and Metaphysics first, in establishing the
model I propose as a secular worldview, because I believe they are the
primary concerns – considering the two deal with that from which all
other philosophy must follow and cannot precede. That is to say, before
we can deal with philosophies on the mind, morality, logic or science,
etc. we must first deal with what exists, how we know it exists, and
what is the nature of reality. Further, my goal is to create a singular
cohesive and comprehensive secular worldview, rather than trying to
stick together different philosophical models that may arise from quite
different presumptions. I attempt in "Mythos
& Logos" to build each philosophical component
upon the previously established components in a logical fashion. Thus,
I argue on philosophy of the mind by building upon the conclusions
arrived at in dealing with Epistemology and Metaphysics. Following that
argumentation on philosophy of the mind I use those conclusions and
inferences to move forward in arguing on philosophy of logic and
philosophy of science.
I also
offer critical examinations of both secular and religious
philosophies. The analysis covers many of the more popular models on
both sides of the supernatural divide – secular and religious
philosophies. In the analyses I explain the strengths and the
weaknesses of each, and why despite the great strengths of the best
ones they still fall short. There is further discussion in a following
chapter, which precedes the chapters in which I make the arguments,
where I discuss the the reasons for and the value of creating a new
philosophical model. And further, in that chapter there's discussion on
how it must be done.
In the
final section there are laid out the derived principles which
follow from the conclusions and established positions in the five
foundational fields. These derived principles are a large set of
expansions, of which the acceptance or rejection do not necessarily
undermine the established model. The derived principles include
positions on love, life, relationships, work, aesthetics, pleasure, and
more.
This book
is also meant to be a companion for "To Make a
Better World", though the first can be taken separately
from this book. If one applies the philosophy I've laid out in "Mythos
& Logos", then "To Make a
Better World" lays out what is necessarily
accepted as well. On the other hand, one can use what I've discussed in
my first book without accepting the philosophy in my second book. As
this book moves closer to being ready to publish there will be
some excerpts and teasers posted on this page.
Publication
Information:
This
book is currently being written,
with
publication anticipated for summer of 2016.
ISBN-10:
not
yet published
ISBN-13:
not
yet published
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