Meaning in Absurdity : What Bizarre Phenomena Can Tell Us About the Nature of Reality

"This book is an experiment. Inspired by the bizarre and uncanny, it is an attempt to use science and rationality to lift the veil off the irrational. Its ways are unconventional: weaving along its path one finds UFOs and fairies, quantum mechanics, analytic philosophy, history, mathematics, and depth psychology. The enterprise of constructing a coherent story out of these incommensurable disciplines is exploratory. But if the experiment works, at the end these disparate threads will come together to unveil a startling scenario about the nature of reality. The payoff is handsome: a reason for hope, a boost for the imagination, and the promise of a meaningful future. Yet this book may confront some of your dearest notions about truth and reason. Its conclusions cannot be dismissed lightly, because the evidence this book compiles and the philosophy it leverages are solid in the orthodox, academic sense."-- Provided by publisher

This book is an experiment. Inspired by the bizarre and uncanny, it is an attempt to use science and rationality to lift the veil off the irrational. Its ways are unconventional: weaving along its path one finds UFOs and fairies, quantum mechanics, analytic philosophy, history, mathematics, and depth psychology. The enterprise of constructing a coherent story out of these incommensurable disciplines is exploratory.But if the experiment works, at the end these disparate threads will come together to unveil a startling scenario about the nature of reality. The payoff is handsome: a reason for hope, a boost for the imagination, and the promise of a meaningful future.Yet this book may confront some of your dearest notions about truth and reason.Its conclusions cannotbe dismissedlightly, because theevidencethis bookcompiles and the philosophy it leverages are solid in theorthodox, academicsense.

Meaning In Absurdity 3 Contents 5 Prologue 8 Chapter 1 The Calls Of The Absurd 9 Chapter 2 The Elusiveness Of The Absurd 17 Chapter 3 The Demise Of Realism 21 Chapter 4 The Desacralization Of Logic 33 Chapter 5 Constructing Reason 40 Chapter 6 The Reality Within 52 Chapter 7 A Cosmology Beyond Absurdity 57 Chapter 8 The Formless Speaks 64 Chapter 9 The Shape Of Things To Come 66 Chapter 10 What To Make Of It All? 68 Epilogue 73 Endnotes 74 Meaning,in,Absurdity A compelling and eloquent articulation of a future when humanity will transcend logic and find profound meaning in the absurd.