I. PHILOSOPHY OF HAPPINESS BOOK

 

1. Introductions.

 

To introduce my work on the Philosophy of Happiness, I created a central collection of 8 articles, excerpts, videos, and audio presentations. See the Intros section for more information.

2. Book Orientation.

 

a) Table of Contents. Download from this site (2 p., PDF) or from PhilPapers. Can also be viewed at end of the Book section.

 

b) Index. (16 p., PDF). Exclusively available as a download here.

3. Reading Samples.

 

a) Online Review Version. A complete review version of the book can be read here.

4. Audio Book.

 

The Introduction, all 45 Chapters, and the Conclusion and Epilogue of the Philosophy of Happiness book can each individually be listened to in the Audio Book section of this website or the Audio Book playlist on the Philosophy of Happiness YouTube Channel. All YouTube episodes are subtitled. Or read along with downloads of corresponding print book passages referenced in 3.b) above.

5. Associated Reading.

 

a) Blog. Articles (print and audio) discussing topics and tangents of the  Philosophy of Happiness Book.

 

b) Forum. Readers asking me questions and discussing subjects related to this website and its featured materials (print and audio).

 

c) FAQ. Answers to 24 frequently asked questions about the Philosophy of Happiness book (print and audio).

 

II. KNOWING BOOK SERIES

(Philosophical Quotes & Poems)

 

6. Reading Samples.

 

a) Online Review Versions. Complete review versions of all 6 books in the Knowing series can be accessed here by selecting their book plates.

 

b) Social Media. Multiple excerpts from the 6-volume Knowing series are streaming daily on X, Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky.

 

c) Amazon. Further excerpts are available in the "Look Inside" feature of the six titles listed on Amazon sites, linked in the Knowing Purchase Information section.

 

d) Other Book Sites. More samples are available in the Apple Books and Google Play Books stores and on Google Books.

 

III. PHILOSOPHIC REFLECTIONS BOOK

(Philosophical Essays)

 

7. E-book.

 

This e-book (43 p., PDF) containing 6 philosophical essays is available in the Reflections section.

8. Individual Essays.

 

The essays of the Philosophic Reflections e-book can also be individually viewed and listened to on this website in the Reflections section.

 

IV. YOUTUBE CHANNEL

 

9. Playlists.

 

The Philosophy of Happiness YouTube Channel contains the following playlists, all of whose entries are subtitled for reading along:

 

a) The Introductions playlist (8 entries). Audio or video clips of the materials referenced in 1. above and described in the Intros section. Also included are audio versions of the Forum and FAQ sections.

 

b) The Audio Book playlist (47 entries). A partitioned audio version of the entire Philosophy of Happiness book. See also 4. above.

 

c) The Blog playlist (10 entries), contains audio versions of the Blog section on this site. See also 5.a) above.

 

d) The Philosophic Reflections playlist (6 entries), features audio versions of the essays in the Philosophic Reflections section of this site. See also Part III above.

 

e) The Public Philosophy Minutes playlist. A series of videos to inspire viewers in being philosophers of their existence.

 

V. PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH

 

10. General Resources.

 

For those trying to form their own opinions about philosophical sources relevant to my work, or Philosophy more generally, I offer the "Further Reading" excerpt (4 p., PDF) from Section 9 of the "Critical Introduction" article included in 1. above. This excerpt contains a concise but comprehensive list of linked philosophical research references with comments regarding their quality. The list is geared toward English language research.

 

11. Philosophy Twitter/X.

 

a) "Philosophers on X" List and Timeline. I am curating an all-inclusive list of professional Philosophers and those aspiring to be, their organizations, conferences, book and journal publishers, as well as their blogs, podcasts, and websites, active on X.

 

This list is unprecedented not only in this aim at comprehensiveness, but also because it includes academic philosophy sources worldwide without any preference, and work conducted beyond departmental Philosophy in other disciplines.

 

For a more detailed description of this initiative and the great need for it, see Section B in the Social tab.

 

Collecting and vetting this list was inspired by results of my study cited in Subsection b) below. The dearth of ambition, activity, and advancement in Philosophy departments made me wonder and search where else the spirit of fundamental inquiry had migrated.

 

b) Study and Article. In 2022, I conducted a 6-month study of Philosophy academics' conduct on Twitter and wrote a summarizing article about it, titled Social Philosophy: A Phenomenology and Critique of Philosophy Twitter (25 p., PDF). See also PhilPapers, and an audio version (1:52:10) on YouTube.