The Fifth Hypothesis
is a philosophical thriller that crosses borders of geography, time, and belief. When preservationist
Phillip Grant
uncovers an anomalous ruin beneath the Baja Peninsula-one that defies carbon dating and material science-he is drawn into a search for origins that leads through
Savannah, Timbuktu, and the Colorado Delta
. Joined by a circle of scientists and architects, Phillip follows a trail of evidence suggesting that civilization may have experienced periodic leaps of "activation" triggered by unknown forces.
Blending
architectural mystery
,
speculative archaeology
, and the
metaphysics of consciousness
, Thomas D. Wilson draws on the philosophical legacy of
George Berkeley
Wittgenstein
, and modern AI theory to explore whether reality itself may be a form of thought. With its vivid sense of place-from West Africa's mud mosques to the urban design of Savannah-
merges intellectual inquiry with narrative suspense, offering a meditation on the human urge to understand what cannot yet be proven.
A novel for readers of
Dan Brown
Umberto Eco
, and
Kazuo Ishiguro
, this work bridges science, philosophy, and design in a quest that reaches beyond time itself.