THE SECRET CODES OF THE MIND: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (Book I ) Hardcover

THE SECRET CODES OF THE MIND: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY — VOLUME I

Second Revised and Expanded Edition

What is truth, and how could you prove it? Are you free, or does necessity shape your choices before you make them? How much of what you call knowledge can survive serious examination?

Philosophy begins with questions like these. Volume I of The Secret Codes of the Mind develops the methods, categories, and conceptual tools needed to pursue them with precision. Built from decades of university teaching and research, the book moves from the nature of philosophical inquiry into problems of knowledge, reality, consciousness, freedom, and human action.

INSIDE VOLUME I

Lecture 1. Definition of Philosophy, Main Branches, Concepts, and Their Practical Application

What philosophy investigates, how its principal branches differ, and why metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, logic, and political philosophy continue to shape the way fundamental questions are asked.

Lecture 2. Philosophical Methods and Their Application in the Art of Living

How philosophers test assumptions, analyze concepts, expose contradictions, and develop methods for approaching problems that resist simple solutions.

Lecture 3. Philosophical Categories: From Chaos to Order in the Understanding of Being

Being, causality, truth, unity, difference, and the conceptual structures through which reality becomes intelligible.

Lecture 4. The Metaphysics of the Universe: Consciousness and Matter in Time and Space

Consciousness and matter, space and time, and the competing philosophical attempts to explain the structure of reality.

Lecture 5. Freedom: Between Reality and Illusion

Free will, determinism, autonomy, responsibility, and the limits that necessity may place upon human choice.

Each lecture includes Questions and Assignments that require direct engagement with the arguments and problems developed in the text, together with Recommended Literature for further study.

FOR READERS, STUDENTS, AND INSTRUCTORS

Volume I is designed for serious independent readers and for college-level introductory philosophy courses. Its emphasis falls on philosophical practice: formulating precise questions, examining arguments, uncovering assumptions, and learning how concepts shape judgments about knowledge, reality, freedom, and human action.

• Publisher: ‎ Kudin & Sons Academic Press
• Publication date: ‎ August 14, 2026 
• Language: ‎ English
• Print length: ‎ 435 pages
• Item Weight: ‎ 2.13 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 7.24 x 1.17 x 10.24 inches
  
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1971325198
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1971325194
• LCCN : 2026914137