Upcoming books (2024)
I’ve spent much of my spare time over the past 40 years in philosophical contemplation. I intend to share my ideas in books. I’m working on first drafts. I hope to have these ready in 2024.
Phenomena
In Phenomena, I advance my phenomenology.
Much can be learned about human nature and life as we know it from a careful exploration of the phenomenal world.
Humans have upwards of 40 distinct senses, which I classify as hologenic, endogenic, somagenic and exogenic.
Exo-senses, such as sight, smell or hearing, give us experience of the ‘outside world,’ while endo-senses, such as meaning, emotion or thought, give us experience of the inner world. Somagenic senses tell us about the body, while hologenic senses appear throughout the entire phenomenal world.
Each of the senses furnishes experience with a unique quality. But although the qualities are completely unique, they share some curious features.
Exploring experience brings us into direct contact with some of our most enduring mysteries: the meaning of life, the hard problem of consciousness, right and wrong, free will, love and hate, and so much more.
Transformation
In Transformation, I explore the human fascination with transformations.
Transformation underlies almost everything we enjoy – travel, sports, visual arts, politics, storytelling, TV and movies, news, social media, fashion, relationships and even sex.
Transformation underlies a surprisingly broad variety of social and cultural conventions and institutions, from the religious to the corporate to the routines and responsibilities of daily life.
Transformation is the centerpiece of some of the best and worst events of world history.
Why is transformation universally compelling? Why are some transformations especially fascinating to us? What transformations await us in years to come?