It is vital today, where thought is so fragmentary, that we should develop a holistic understanding of our world—to be fluent in how it all fits together. How may we unify, among other things, language and reality, ethics and environment, science and religion? Everything, Briefly does this not in a notional way, but through the careful study of concepts, to produce a wide-ranging and compelling unity. It does so, too, at the approachable level of the high school graduate.
“As a man thinks, so is he.” Personally, and socially, so is he. Yet if this is true, then "as a man thinks" has led us into the thick of global crisis. What exactly is it, about our thinking, that fails us? What has gone so wrong?
Part II Personal Ethics
Part III Public Ethics
Part IV Science and Math
Part V Classics
Part VI The Ultimate
“In a world where philosophy is too often narrowly defined, Everything, Briefly
is a work of amazing breadth and ambition. Presenting a view that is
holistic, interconnected, relational and boundless, it seeks to re-shape
our thinking about meaning, language, ethics and religion, challenging
many of our assumptions and setting out an entirely new metaphysics." —Dr. Mel Thompson, Doctor of Philosophy, and best-selling author of forty books.
"Thomas Scarborough's Everything, Briefly
is wide-ranging and very engaging. It is refreshing, after so much work
in analytic philosophy that is narrow is scope and highly technical, to
see someone take on the project of constructing a panoramic
metaphysic."—Prof. Christian B. Miller, Professor of Philosophy, author
of The Character Gap. Director or co-direcor of the Character
Project, Beacon Project, and Honesty Project, together awarded
US$ 14 million grants.
“Your ability to expose the unexamined ‘truths’ and unexamined assumptions that shape our worldview is invaluable. Perhaps its most valuable contribution is the creation of a ‘table’ where all can come, sit, discuss, and identify what we have in common and brings us together rather than what divides us. You help us see the forest for the trees and to value the mystery of the connections between us and the ideas that have emerged over centuries."—Mailin Young, US and Europe InterVarsity Director of Leadership Development, a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach.
“The
author has provided an important resource material for those interested
in metaphysics. It is new, fresh and engaging. A must read for the
year!”—Prof. Samuel Waje Kunhiyop, Professor of Theology, a notable
African theologian and churchman, author of African Christian
Theology and African Christian Ethics.
“This book will be a terrific help to all of us. You explain well our
presence in and familiarity with the muddy physical reality, and then
open the door to the fuller reality of metaphysics, which we remembered,
perhaps even craved, all along. We had excluded ourselves from that
home by the choice of freedom from moral values, meaning, and purpose
found in the interplay between facts and meaning.”—Prof. Udo Middelmann, Professor of Philosophy, theologian and author, President of the Francis A. Schaeffer Foundation.
“What are we doing here? Everything, Briefly gives us a new perspective on the journey that life is, starting with an examination of the basics -- What is Real? -- then looking at language and its blind spots, and how that relates to our thinking; and taking us through ethics, science, mathematics, and the classics; and finally to places of deep meaning -- religion and metaphysics. If you want to examine your life, Everything, Briefly can give you a place to start.”—Jill Hacker, author of multiple math titles in the USA, including preparatory guides for ACT, LSAT, and CLEP exams.