A New Radical Metaphysics - Paperback

by Richard Schain (Author)

A New Radical Metaphysics is a project of what has been categorized as 'Existence Philosophy, ' a successor term to 'Existentialism.' The author opposes monistic scientism, appealing instead to a spiritual aspect of the mind-that which is traditionally regarded as the soul. Rejecting the reality of one's soul is nothing less than trading one's human potential for a mess of reality-poor technological pottage. The need to develop one's soul is paramount in human existence. Otherwise, as stated in the epitaph, "we are only insects crawling among other ephemeral insects on a speck of surface mud and water amid the appalling immensities of the physical universe.

Author Biography

Richard Schain is an independent philosopher dividing his time between Alamos, Mexico; Sonoita, Arizona; and Menton, France. His books reflect the predicament of a non-religious metaphysically-minded individual living in an age of scientism, materialism, and superannuated religions. Nevertheless, he finds the search for his own inner reality and for a universal metaphysical reality uplifting for his soul. In a former life, the author was a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles.