Talks, books, essays, video channels and blogs of philosopher Chris Ott.
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Books
EOP TRILOGY: The three original books on the evolution of perception concept A collector's edition of the original three books on the concept of an evolution of perception. They include The Evolution of Perception and the Cosmology of Substance (2004), Evolution of Perception Re-Explained (2021), and Further Reflections (2024).
Further Reflections: A discussion of the concept of the evolution of perception with a deep dive into the subject of causation (November 2024 book) (Free PDF Download) Thinking that leads to the evolution of perception is explored. Written and published in 2024.
Evolution of Perception Re-Explained: A Radical New View of Reality (2021 book) (Free PDF Download) A much more fleshed out explanation of the concept of the evolution of perception, published in February 2021.
Intelligence Notebooks, by Meher Baba, edited by Chris Ott (2012 book) (Free PDF Download) A book by Meher Baba edited by Chris Ott from scans of the original handwritten fair copy discovered in India in 1969. Published free online August 2012.
The Evolution of Perception & the Cosmology of Substance: A Simpler Theory of Everything (2004 book) (Free PDF Download) The original book introducing the evolution of perception concept, published in June 2004.
Talk Series
The Future of the Baba World (Series of 3 talks begun 5/21/25)
The God Dilemma (Series of 3 talks begun 9/23/24)
The Psychic Emergent Universe (Series of 5 talks recorded from 10/28/23 to 12/15/23)
Metaphysics (Series of 20 talks recorded from 6/1/23 to 10/3/23)
On Meher Baba (Series of 23 talks recorded from 2/14/23 to 5/29/23)
On Cause (Series of 11 talks recorded from 3/8/20 to 5/26/20)
Talks With Kerry (Series of 11 talks recorded from 10/29/19 to 12/17/19)
Baba and the Future (Series of 11 talks at the Circle Center in Myrtle Beach, SC from 1/1/18 to 4/16/18)
Essays, Papers, Collections (64 items. Most recent are at the bottom)
Final Book (incomplete) Part 1 (Earlier work in progress for what became Evolution of Perception Re-Explained)
Final Book (incomplete) Part 2 (Earlier work in progress for what became Evolution of Perception Re-Explained)
Essentials of a Spiritual Metaphysics (A collection of essays, 2009)
Intelligence Notebooks (Manuscript by Meher Baba, edited by Chris Ott)
A God Speaks Interpretation of LOTR
What I Think the Intelligence Notebooks Are
Yad Rakh Never Happened (Written April 9, 2014)
How Lord Meher Came About (Written June 24, 2014)
What Went Wrong With the New Physics
What Went Wrong With the New Physics Part II
Refutations of Idealism (Master's Thesis, 2001)
Sanskaras, Karma, Maya, & Consciousness
Spiritual Death and Spiritual Life
Infinite Intelligence Analogies
Meditations on becoming heart smart
Positive and Negative Skepticism
The Modern Western Myth About Reincarnation (Essay added 3/20/24)
The 12 Principles of EOP (Essay added 10/14/24)
Misunderstandings Regarding "Further Reflections" (A short addendum to "Further Reflections," added 12/5/24)
Solving the Socratic Paradox (Essay added 12/8/24)
The Factor of Time (Essay added 2/1/25)
Questions Idealists Don’t Even Try to Answer (Essay added 2/11/25)
Who is Chris Ott and what is EOP all about? (Essay added 4/3/25)
Why Materialism Doesn't Work (Essay added 4/30/25)
Superstition Haunts Religions and Science Alike (Essay added 5/4/25)
What will the Professional Philosophers think of EOP? (Essay added 5/14/25)
How I think ideas are dispensed to the world (Essay added 5/18/25)
If Meher Baba’s Teachings Were Embraced (Essay added 6/1/25)
The Problem with Possibility and Why It Matters (Essay added 6/15/25)
Hippy Delusions (Essay added 6/16/25)
Language, Scientific Reasoning, Logic, and Sophistry (Essay added 6/21/25)
How EOP Helps Us Understand Baba's Teaching (Essay added 6/27/25)
Distinguishing EOP from Wrong Conceptions of It (Essay added 7/6/25)
Why Things Feel Solid (Written in 2009. Rewritten April 10, 2025. Further updated July 7, 2025)
Why Torture is Always Wrong (Essay added 7/8/25)
Perceptual Algorithms (Essay uploaded 7/22/25)
Why I Follow Meher Baba (Essay added 7/22/2025)
John Dewey’s 19th Century English (Essay added 8/5/25)
Full Summary (Essay added 8/15/25)
Why EOP Matters (Essay added 8/18/25)
Why EOP Is The Only New Idea (Essay added 8/29/25)
Three senses of God over history (Essay added 9/2/25)
The Implications of Meher Baba’s Teaching on Sanskaras (Essay added 9/12/25)
Why I'm Sure Oswald Acted Alone (Essay added 9/13/25)
The Illusion That Sustains Reality (Essay added 9/14/25)
Baba's Teaching is Unique (Essay added 9/19/25)
The Vocabulary and Meaning of the Psychic Emergent Universe (Essay added 9/23/25)
The Mind-Body Connection According to Meher Baba (Essay added 9/24/25)
The Prominence of Consciousness in Meher Baba’s System (9/24/25)
Is the Big Bang Really a Process? (Essay added 9//25/25)
Notes
Notes on Philosophy (2000-2001) (These notes collected and bound in 2001 constitute my thinking while in graduate school. 864 pages.)
Video Channels
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@Christopher-ott (Official YouTube channel)
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@meganalexandraott/videos (Backup)
BITCHUTE: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/chris-ott/
BRIGHTEON: https://www.brighteon.com/channels/cott12/home
BRIGHTEON: https://www.brighteon.com/channels/twilightrocks/home
RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/user/Cott12
VIMEO: https://vimeo.com/chrisott
GANJINGWORLD: https://www.ganjingworld.com/@Christopher-Ott-Philosopher
ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@chrisott:7
Blogs
https://meherbabathoughts.blogspot.com/ (This blog began as a Meher Baba trivia blog and morphed into a blog about the prodigy soprano Amira Willighagen and other young talents. If you scroll far enough down the right column you can still find the Baba posts near the bottom.)
https://letters-to-the-living.blogspot.com/ (The Meher Baba followers, who comprise most of the people I interact with today, are getting old. Hence the title of this blog, "Letters to the Living," implies posts I hope future generations will read when we are gone.)
https://meherbabafuture.blogspot.com/ (A blog I created as a follow-on for a talk series I gave in Myrtle Beach from Jan to April, 2018, titled "Baba and the Future.")
https://sites.google.com/view/chris-ott (A Google site I created as a follow-on for Evolution of Perception Re-Explained. It was originally linked to from the last page of the 2021 first edition under the heading "Further Reading.")
https://sites.google.com/view/chris-ott/bio?authuser=0 (A photo biography of Chris Ott)