The main text of this book is just the tip of the iceberg; woven into the endnotes is a variety of secondary literature from various philosophical traditions and academic disciplines in various languages. The original manuscript was too long for normal publishing standards, and as it was being prepared for publication, a number of orphan chapters appeared on topics such as power, causality, Adorno, Derrida, Foucault, Hegel, Quine, and the history of postmodernism. I will probably publish some of them separately. Further content related to the book and links to these sneak peeks as they become available will be available on a dedicated page on my professional website: The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.