UTOK - The Unified Theory of Knowledge

Books by Gregg Henriques

UTOK: The Unified Theory of Knowledge (2024)

Since the dawn of modern science, we have struggled to effectively place mind in relationship to matter and align the natural sciences, the human psyche, and the collective wisdom traditions into a coherent system of understanding. This is called the Enlightenment Gap, and a chaotic, fragmented, pluralistic landscape of knowledge has been left in its wake.

UTOK, the Unified Theory of Knowledge, effectively bridges and resolves the Enlightenment Gap. It is a system of understanding that seamlessly interweaves the natural sciences, the human psyche, and the collective wisdom traditions into a coherent theory of knowledge.

Framed by UTOK’s central mantra, Marry the Coin to the Tree in the Garden under God, this tome is the first comprehensive guide to the whole UTOK system. It walks readers through its core elements, allowing them to integrate its principles into their lives. Through UTOK, we have the potential to clarify what is and cultivate what ought to be such that we can be good ancestors.

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Bonnitta Roy

Renown philosopher and award-winning author

"UTOK invites the reader to take part in an adventure of ideas that map meaning making and our relationship to the natural world in a new way. And the maps it offers are masterfully crafted. They are simultaneously comprehensive and rigorous, clear and precise, scientific and poetic. As such, they speak to the logical and aesthetic aspects of the human experience, and enable us to get a better sense of the numinous reality that ultimately sources this work."

Bobby Azarian

author of The Romance of Reality

"UTOK: The Unified Theory of Knowledge is something like a Bible for the metamodern age. It brings together biology, psychology, and cosmic evolution under a spiritually-infused synthesis that can serve as an instruction manual for individual and collective progress."

A New Unified Theory of Psychology (2011)

Concern about psychology’s fragmentation is not new, but there has for the past decade been increasing calls for psychologists to acknowledge to the costs associated with fragmentation and to search for ways to unify the discipline. A New Unified Theory of Psychology introduces a new system that addresses psychology’s current theoretical and philosophical difficulties. The new theory consists of four interlocking pieces that together provide―for the first time―a macro-level view that clarifies the nature of psychology’s problems and offers a clear way to unify the various elements of the field. The unified theory provides the field of psychology with a well-defined subject matter, allowing both academic and professional psychologists will be able to develop a shared language and conceptual foundation.

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Daniel B. Fishman

Professor and author of "The Case for Pragmatic Psychology"

"This is one of the most cogent, scholarly, sophisticated, beautifully reasoned, clearly articulated, and accessibly written presentations of a unified theory of psychology that I have seen in my 50 years in the discipline."

A New Synthesis for Solving the Problem of Psychology: Addressing the Enlightenment Gap (2022)

In this incisive analysis of the problems that have long plagued psychological science, Henriques locates the difficulty in an Enlightenment Gap. This refers to the failure to develop a comprehensive understanding of the world that effectively places mind in relationship to matter, and scientific knowing in relationship to subjective and social knowing.

Henriques then lays out a new solution by introducing UTOK, the Unified Theory of Knowledge. It is a broad and integrative system that integrates insights from physics and cosmic evolution, biology and neuroscience, the cognitive and behavioral sciences, development and attachment theory, phenomenology and social constructionist perspectives. This book shows how UTOK provides the needed framework for effectively conceptualizing nature, science, mind, and behavior in a way resolves the long standing conceptual problems in psychology.

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John Vervaeke

Professor and author of "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis"

This integrative masterpiece exemplifies the best of cognitive science. It pursues a synoptic integration of many different literatures to generate a new highly plausible framework for understanding the mind. The field of psychology needs to be transformed so that it can address its core problems effectively, and Henriques’ book does this masterfully.

Zak Stein

author of "Education in a Time Between Worlds"

This book offers one of the most comprehensive and academically rigorous metapsychological visions available today.