writer highlighted that problems about reality, knowledge, morality, and meaning are all connected, not by transcendentaltruths, but by the history and nature of human beings in a physical universe. The resulting naturalisticsystem of evidence-based philosophy is highly coherent both with the available scientificinformation and with reasonable aspirations for human life. He also has displayed a strong fit betweencoherentism as a theory of knowledge and constructive realism as a theory of what exists. Bothsupport the multidimensional theory of the meaning of life based on love, work, and play, as well asthe consequentialist theory of morality tied to objective human needs.
Neural theories of cognition, emotion, decision making, and consciousnessshould point the way to a better understanding of the kinds of wisdom that we all depend on when weface difficult life decisions. Psychology and philosophy need more investigation of how realms of lifesuch as love, work, and play help to satisfy people's basic needs