Dilogy of the Tragic


The Dilogy of the Tragic is a unified study of the tragic as a philosophical problem within the tradition of philosophical pessimism, enriched by a process-ontological approach. This synthesis renders the project the first systematic work in the field of processual pessimism. The inquiry is divided into two interconnected yet methodologically distinct parts: while the first volume examines the human dimension, the second transcends the human to unveil a cosmic pessimism.

The first book, The Experience of the Tragic, focuses on human suffering and the limits of rational understanding. Through a dialogue between two philosophers—Professors N. and P.—it analyzes the defense mechanisms of consciousness, as well as how social practices and intellectual traditions mask or structure the experience of the tragic. The author deliberately introduces two opposing viewpoints and leaves the problematic questions open.

The second book, Processual Pessimism. On the Nature of Cosmic Suffering and Human Nothingness, reorients the analysis from an anthropocentric to a process-ontological level. Reality is interpreted as an aggregate of processes conducive to entropy, and the tragic is revealed as an integral part of the Universe. The thesis of cosmic nihilism is debunked by cosmic pessimism, which lays bare the tragic fate of all things in the cosmos. "Everything in the Universe exists for but one purpose—to accelerate entropy toward the end of the Universe's life," states the author. From this conclusion stems the author's ethical position—sentiocentric antinatalism—which is also examined in detail from unexpected angles. The dilogy's culmination presents the author's definitive stance; the inquiry concludes by systematically answering the questions posed in the first part, shifting the discourse from describing human reactions to drawing conclusions about permissible interventions and responsibility. The conclusion of the book addresses questions of promortalism and EFILism. The finale of the dilogy assumes the character of ultimate speculative reflection, calling into question the very foundation of all suffering and awareness: "If consciousness does not exist, then what does, and is there anything at all?"

The dilogy traverses a path from the phenomenology of human pain—through the ontology of cosmic suffering—to ethical conclusions and a metaphysical impasse, offering a rigorously consistent and unsettlingly holistic view on the place of life and reason within the destructive processuality of being.

The Dilogy of the Tragic:
Processual Pessimism. On the Nature of Cosmic Suffering and Human Nothingness
Vladislav Pedder, 2026
Processual Pessimism. On the Nature of Cosmic Suffering and Human Nothingness — the second part of the dilogy of the «Tragic». What is left for a person when the scale of the tragic goes beyond human life and rises to the size of the universe? When the usual explanations dissipate, and existence itself is revealed as a brief pattern of matter against a background of slow, inexorable decay?

The conclusion of the dilogy of the «Tragic» takes the study beyond the boundaries of the anthropocentric perspective. If the The Experience of the Tragic revealed the mechanisms of human suffering, then Processual Pessimism exposes the cosmological foundations of existence itself as a movement towards disintegration. Consciousness observes its own temporality, ethics is looking for a form that can withstand the knowledge of the fragility of what are considered values. The book seeks to move away from habitual pessimism and look at it through procedural ontology.

ISBN: 978-5-9216-2493-1
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QUOTES FROM THE BOOK

«The universe is not at all indifferent to life, as is commonly believed. All living things are a temporary organization of matter, which necessarily serves to accelerate entropy on the way to universal disintegration and alignment.»
«Life goes on not because the reasons for its continuation have been found, but because the biological process has not yet been completed. Consciousness observes this process without being able to influence it.»
«We do not choose our goals — they arise from the interaction of genetic predisposition, developmental conditions and the current situation. We do not control our reactions to events — they are determined by the structure of neural networks formed against our will»
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