{"product_id":"philosophy-after-foundation-antonius-de-kok-9789082457414","title":"Philosophy After Foundation: Reconstructing Philosophy from First Conditions","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany philosophical disputes begin too high. They begin with truth, existence, identity, freedom, morality, language, and value before establishing what must already be in place for such terms to arise at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhilosophy After Foundation\u003c\/em\u003e descends beneath those familiar starting points. It reconstructs philosophy from first conditions: contrast, awareness, intent, probability, choice, actuality, existence, identity, intelligence, freedom, conflict, and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not another position within familiar philosophical debate. It reorders the field from below its usual points of departure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book argues that concepts such as truth, selfhood, freedom, morality, society, aesthetics, and language cannot be treated as primitives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey arise within a deeper architecture of admissibility, continuity, constraint, and relation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for readers dissatisfied with inherited philosophical starting points, \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy After Foundation\u003c\/em\u003e offers a severe and systematic reconstruction of philosophy's first conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonius de Kok\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9082457415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789082457414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e First Conditions Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.74d","brand":"Antonius de Kok","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874675306751,"sku":"9789082457414","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/philosophy-after-foundation-antonius-de-kok-9789082457414","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}