What is Existence? Mind, Matter and Meaning. Modern Philosophy

What does it actually mean to exist-once myths, guarantees, and comforting illusions are set aside?This book approaches the question of existence from the ground up, combining the latest insights from modern science with a clear-eyed examination of mind, culture, language, ethics, and mortality. Beginning with matter and physical process, it shows how a universe without built-in purpose nevertheless gives rise to consciousness, meaning, responsibility, and value.
Along the way, it dismantles common misunderstandings about observation, free will, and cosmic meaning-without collapsing into nihilism or mysticism. This is not a spiritual guide, nor an academic textbook. It is a rigorously reasoned, accessible inquiry for readers who want to understand what existence actually consists of, how meaning emerges within it, and what it means to live lucidly under conditions of uncertainty and finitude.
Clear, grounded, and unsentimental, What Is Existence? offers no guarantees-only orientation. And for many readers, that will be enough.