Author : Daniel Evergreen
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781491216651
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (166 download)
Book Synopsis Evolition by : Daniel Evergreen
Download or read book Evolition written by Daniel Evergreen and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should you read “Evolition” versus other philosophies or Theories of Everything? “Evolition” probes into primary concepts of knowledge, nature, goodness, and beauty, linking them all together into one grand evolutionary pattern. This pattern is deduced from four “axiomatic concepts,” first postulated by Ayn Rand and other Objectivist philosophers, but explored more critically in “Evolition,” uncovering how they function not only as basic mental standards, but as infinite, “a priori” fundamentals for everything, meaning they are (or are within) everything all the time, and thus ultimately cannot be escaped either physically or mentally. An “axiomatic structure” starting from such concepts (existence, knowledge, self and identity) splits into eight, then sixteen other basic concepts… ideas like essence and reality, cause and effect, individual and collective, content and form, as well as other concepts like quantity, entity, change, reason, value, truth, and good. The structure demonstrates a natural hierarchy, reciprocal and simultaneous relations, as well as a transitional, four-part balance that explains why basic systems (like four-dimensional space-time and four fundamental forces) likely reduce in this way. Also, “metaphysical” things (like essences) are posited as physical things that do not end in time, as contrasted from the purely “physical,” helping to alleviate any “mind-body” dichotomies that often saturate traditional philosophies. Another key idea is that choice comes as a natural evolution from self-regulated change; if knowledge can be regulated within individuals, it alleviates the need for evolutionary “randomness” by offering us in turn, limited individual powers in an otherwise deterministic universe. Not only this, but over 150 different principles and elements across five different fields—epistemology, physics, ethics, aesthetics and visual art—are defined and ordered from primal concepts. The principles and elements of physics are outlined in a logical, not overly technical way, by using current scientific information and axiomatic structure as a guide, and geometrically visualizing the process from very broad-based mathematics. Additionally, what may be the first comprehensively organized, axiomatic structures for ethics, aesthetics and visual art, are flushed out, uncovering an uncanny synergy between the humanities, sciences and philosophy, all without compromising the creative possibilities that often give humanities their purpose and relevancy. So if you are wondering how everything can connect without the need for reductionism, dichotomies, randomness, or supernatural causes, “Evolition” provides a noteworthy answer. However, it is one that can be adapted to many philosophies pragmatically, no matter one's belief or disbelief in God.
