About Antumnos
An independent publication examining consciousness, time, existence, and the limits of explanation.
The archive brings scientific research into contact with philosophical questions. Its subjects include perception, temporal ontology, personal identity, mortality, and the ways people interpret unfamiliar experiences.
Antumnos draws its name from the Otherworld. That association supplies a historical reference for inquiry beyond ordinary experience; it establishes no claim about what exists beyond it.
Standards of argument
A claim should specify what would support it, what would count against it, and how far its conclusion extends. An essay may defend a position, but it should represent serious objections accurately.
These distinctions guide the archive:
- Evidence: observations and findings, considered with their methods and limitations.
- Interpretation: an account of what those findings mean, including assumptions that competing accounts may reject.
- Hypothesis: a proposal whose predictions or explanatory merits remain to be assessed.
- Speculation: a possibility developed through argument beyond what the available evidence establishes.
- Belief: a philosophical or spiritual commitment examined in its own terms.
These categories can occur within the same article. Their transitions should be visible. A citation supports a particular claim; its presence cannot validate an entire worldview.
Writing and responsibility
The prose is intended to be precise and readable. Technical vocabulary is used when an ordinary term would conceal a relevant distinction. The archive has no interest in manufacturing certainty or presenting familiar ideas as revelations.
Research and production may involve AI assistance. Editorial responsibility remains with the publication. Sources are checked against the claims attributed to them. Personal experiences, qualifications, and endorsements are never invented. Substantive corrections are dated on the affected article.
The manuscript
Ghost in the Static: The Eternalism Triptych informs some of the archive's questions. The manuscript remains a separate work. Public essays develop independent arguments and may examine objections to the ideas that prompted them.
Access
The essays are freely available. Any future commercial relationship will be disclosed where relevant. Financial support cannot serve as evidence for a claim.