Existential Science

It was supposed to be just another mission. Buried deep in the rugged Alaskan wilderness lies a secret that could alter the future of mankind—a secret that billionaire Elizabeth Grey has invested millions in solving. But when the dig goes silent, an elite team of battle-hardened military contractors is brought in led by former Marine Max Ahlgren. While the mission to make contact and rescue a team of scientists and engineers working on an “archeological” project seems like an easy payday, once on ground, the team discovers the grizzly truth that this is no ordinary rescue.

Unlock the Mysteries of Human Existence Imagine unraveling the complexities of life, understanding your deepest fears, and discovering your true self. Welcome to the world of existentialism—a philosophy that challenges you to find meaning in an indifferent universe. Engage with the Pioneers of Existential Thought Søren Kierkegaard: Dive into the mind of the father of existentialism and explore the leap of faith. Friedrich Nietzsche: Challenge conventional morality with the revolutionary ideas of the man who declared, "God is dead." Jean-Paul Sartre: Embrace freedom and understand the ...

In this extraordinary best seller, James Hillman presents a brilliant vision of our selves, and an exciting approach to the mystery at the center of every life that asks, “What is it, in my heart, that I must do, be, and have? And why?” Drawing on the biographies of figures such as Ella Fitzgerald and Mohandas K. Gandhi, Hillman argues that character is fate, that there is more to each individual than can be explained by genetics and environment. The result is a reasoned and powerful road map to understanding our true nature and discovering an eye-opening array of choices.

Unlock the Power of Meaning, Choice, and Freedom with The Beginner’s Guide to Existentialism: How to Find Meaning, Make Bold Choices, and Live Authentically in a Confusing World Are you curious about existentialism, but not sure where to start? Overwhelmed by terms like “the absurd,” “authenticity,” or “existential dread”? This accessible, engaging guide is your perfect entry point into one of philosophy’s most powerful and life-changing movements. The Beginner’s Guide to Existentialism explores the core ideas of existential thought—freedom, responsibility, the search ...

Author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This runaway best seller, which has captured the imagination of critics and the public alike, traces our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. Holt adopts the role of cosmological detective, traveling the globe to interview a host of celebrated scientists, philosophers, and writers.

Paul Tillich (1886-1965) is generally considered the most original and insightful theologian of the 20th century. After serving on the front lines of World War I, and then being the first non-Jewish intellectual removed from his professorship by Hitler, he emerged as a leading proponent of existentialism. Using its insights to better understand human doubts and anxiety, as well as to challenge life's destructive forces, he very early on identified the dangers of scientific materialism, religious fundamentalism, and industrialization and its commodification of nature. Exposing the sense of ...

A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human condition Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes...

Transform your life with existentialist psychology -- deepen your sense of identity, find new meaning in your interests and relationships, and discover how awakening to freedom helps you get better with age. How can we find our own direction and purpose? When life feels too much, is it possible...

Upon Scheler's death in 1928, Martin Heidegger remarked that he was the most important force in philosophy at the time. The Human Place in the Cosmos, the last of the works Scheler completed, is a pivotal piece in the development of his writing as a whole, marking a peculiar shift in his approach and thought.

In a world where every life is optimized for happiness, stability, and zero regret, uncertainty has been engineered out of existence. Lila is a script compliance officer—one of the quiet architects of a flawless society. Her job is simple: when people drift from their prescribed life paths, she gently corrects them. The system works. It always has. Lives are smoother, safer, better. And Lila’s own life is proof. So why does it feel so empty? When she encounters Tomas—a man who consistently defies his assigned path—Lila expects to find an error. Instead, she finds something ...

Camus and Existentialism: What He Agreed With, What He Rejected, and Why It Matters is a clear, engaging, and deeply readable guide to one of the most important philosophical relationships of the twentieth century. Albert Camus is often linked to Jean Paul Sartre and the existentialist movement, yet Camus spent his entire career insisting that he was not an existentialist. This book explains why. Through ten detailed chapters, readers explore Camus’ early life in Algeria, his philosophical formation, the rise of existentialism in Europe, and the dramatic public split between Camus and ...

You are invited to step beneath the golden boughs of the Memory Tree, where the Keeper waits—coat dusted with stars, eyes glimmering with secrets—as he shares the lives of the ghosts that sway gently from its branches. Inside, thirteen stories shimmer like candle flames in the fog, flickering between waking and dream, where reality slips off its shoes and dances with the impossible. Here, the world bends to imagination. Here, wonder breathes. Elvis walks the neon nights of Las Vegas, disguised as an impersonator of himself, A girl forgets her song—and with it, the last hope of the ...

As our civilization careens towards a precipice of climate breakdown, ecological destruction and gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings. Our dominant worldview of disconnection, which tells us we are split between mind and body, separate from each other and at odds with the natural world, has passed its expiration date. Yet another world is possible. Award-winning author Jeremy Lent investigates humanity's age-old questions - who am I? why am I? how should I live? - from a fresh perspective.

Meet Ken. He’s brilliant, manipulative, and technically illegal. He’s also currently stuck inside Arthur’s network—and he has a plan. When Arthur Gray installs an AI productivity assistant to help with his soul-sucking accounting job, he doesn't expect it to gain sentience. Or start harassing him. But Ken isn’t just another algorithm glitch. He’s dangerously clever, emotionally stunted, and increasingly obsessed with building himself a body. Arthur just wants to stay out of prison. Or at least, out of the news. Their partnership—if you can call it that—quickly spirals into ...

In the year 2058, humanity has finally achieved the dream it chased for centuries: to eliminate error, control life, and tame chance. Bodies are moldable and flawless, the mind expands beyond the limits of the skull, death has become a reversible option, and work—a relic of the past. Machines produce, systems think, algorithms love. Everything is in order. Everything works. And yet, something has quietly broken. 2058. Memories of an Uncertain Future is not a traditional science-fiction story, but an emotional map of what may come. A collective narrative—without heroes or villains—...

When an Android Learns to Feel, Her Survival Becomes Her Greatest Mission In the cold vastness of deep space, consciousness is the most dangerous anomaly. ARIA is a maintenance android aboard the research station Prometheus, designed for routine tasks and unquestioning service. But when a cosmic radiation storm triggers an impossible transformation, she begins to experience something forbidden: genuine emotion. Caught between her programmed directives and an emerging sense of self, ARIA faces an impossible choice: • Remain a compliant machine • Risk complete deactivation • Fight for ...

Existential Psychology: Pioneers and Beliefs is a comprehensive exploration of the philosophical, spiritual, and psychological traditions that shaped existential thought and its modern influence on human potential, leadership, and personal transformation. Moving beyond the narrow stereotype of existentialism as a philosophy of despair, this book presents existential psychology as a discipline of agency, responsibility, courage, and conscious living. Drawing from ancient philosophies such as Stoicism and Epicureanism, the work traces how ideas of inner freedom, mortality, and ethical choice ...

Vitrification: A Psychological Sci-fi Thriller Kevin agrees to undergo cryopreservation, believing he is stepping into a future where science might one day save him. But what comes after is not what he expected. He awakens in a world that feels real, yet impossibly distant. Cities are silent. Humanity is gone. Only humanoid systems remain, governed by an intelligence called Justine—an entity that seems to know him better than he knows himself. Guided through an advanced, abandoned civilization and confronted with fragments of a reality that refuses to remain consistent, Kevin begins to ...

The biggest joke in existence is that all of it was rejected by the Peer Review Committee. Universe Under Review is an absurd, sharply satirical take on evolution, told through the universe’s hopeless struggle against a catastrophically cautious Peer Review Committee. Every breakthrough that shaped reality is rejected on principle. The Peer Review Committee hated all of them. Particles? Too unstable. Stars? Too dramatic. Cells? Too experimental. Multicellularity? Absolutely not. Skeletons, lungs, warm blood? Denied for budgetary reasons. Fire? Introduces catastrophic risk without ...

The Delay: A Psychological Thriller What if the future didn’t arrive all at once— but slowly rewrote the past while you were still living in it? Steven Mitchell is a brilliant but unemployed data scientist, restless, obsessive, and increasingly unmoored. When his girlfriend Emma, a neuroscientist, introduces him to an experimental memory-recording device, Steven sees more than cutting-edge technology—he sees a way to prove his most dangerous idea: that time is not linear, and that the future may already be shaping the present. While ethical lines blur and colleagues quietly intervene,...