An Inquiry Into First Principles: Toward Conscious Participation in an Unfolding Reality

By Hakim Ibn Adam

What if inquiry is not the passive observation of an external world, but a conscious participation in reality's ongoing unfolding? An Inquiry Into First Principles is a rigorous, accessible tour across physics, philosophy, and the world's religious-intellectual traditions that asks-What truly counts as bedrock knowledge? Organized in six parts and twenty chapters, the book traces conservation laws, quantum puzzles, and cosmology; maps logical, epistemic, and ontological foundations; engages revelation, moral first principles, and lived meaning; and finally tests competing worldviews for coherence, explanatory scope, and existential adequacy. The central wager is triadic: empirical (science), rational (philosophy), and revelatory (religious and contemplative) paths can be brought into principled dialogue without reductionism. The result is a clear framework and practical criteria for comparing theories and worldviews-inviting readers from any background to think more precisely, argue more fairly, and live more deeply.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1999065662
• ISBN13: 9781999065669
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Three Roses Publishing
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"