{"product_id":"the-formable-eternity-a-philosophical-journey-into-consciousness-simulation-reality-9798278600022","title":"The Formable Eternity: A Philosophical Journey into Consciousness, Simulation \u0026 Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Asterios Raptis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat remains when everything fades?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a question with an easy answer. It is the question that drives this book: through the void of infinite duration, the burden of immortal existence, and the unsettling possibility that reality itself may be shaped by the minds that perceive it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Formable Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e explores what happens when consciousness confronts infinity. Drawing on Plato, Nietzsche, Sartre, and contemporary thinkers like David Chalmers, Derek Parfit, and Nick Bostrom, this book challenges the assumption that eternity is a fixed state and proposes that it may be something we can shape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you will discover: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- A thought experiment tracing a single consciousness across one million years, and the haunting wish to be mortal again \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- The Ship of Theseus problem applied to brain uploading: if your mind is copied, does the original survive? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Why immortality without meaning may not be a gift, but a sentence \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- The simulation hypothesis: are we already inside a system we did not create? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Whether artificial intelligence can ever truly wake up, or remain forever unconscious of itself \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- The uncomfortable possibility that reality never needed us at all \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a book of answers. It is a book of questions. Questions that philosophers, scientists, and seekers have asked for millennia, now reframed for an age of AI, digital twins, and quantum uncertainty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eReality+\u003c\/i\u003e by David Chalmers, \u003ci\u003eLife 3.0\u003c\/i\u003e by Max Tegmark, and \u003ci\u003eThe Precipice\u003c\/i\u003e by Toby Ord. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerhaps there are no final answers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut you will keep asking.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd that may be the only eternity that matters.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47574330540183,"sku":"9798278600022","price":1525.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798278600022.webp?v=1774895169","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-formable-eternity-a-philosophical-journey-into-consciousness-simulation-reality-9798278600022","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}