Existence and Evolution

What is existence-and where do its explanations end?

Despite extraordinary advances in science, the most fundamental questions remain unresolved:

Why is there something rather than nothing?

Does existence require a beginning or a first cause?

Is consciousness an accident-or an intrinsic feature of reality?

This book presents a disciplined philosophical framework grounded in scientific consistency rather than speculation.

It proposes that:

• Non-existence is a meaningless concept within human cognition

• Space is the irreducible substratum of all existence

• Matter-energy, laws of nature, and consciousness are inseparable

• Time measures events-it does not generate them

• Evolution unfolds cyclically, not toward an end• Human volition marks a rare and unstable turning point in evolution

Written with clarity and restraint, this work does not claim final answers.

It seeks coherence-by recognizing what can be known, what may be inferred, and what must remain beyond explanation.

This book is for readers who value intellectual honesty over certainty and understanding over belief.

Between Science and Silence lies Stillness

Kalyanaraman B M.Sc. (Institute of Science, Mumbai University)