Evolution and the Problem of Knowledge: A Vaisnava Critique of Unguided Evolutionism 

by Ajit Krishna Dasa (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition

Unguided evolution is often presented as a neutral scientific explanation of life and mind. Yet beneath this presentation lies a deeper claim: that reason, knowledge, and meaning themselves can arise without intelligence, purpose, or guidance.

This book examines that claim at its foundations.

Rather than disputing biological mechanisms or entering technical scientific debates, Evolution and the Problem of Knowledge asks a prior philosophical question: can unguided evolutionism justify the cognitive faculties required to believe it is true? If human reasoning is the unintended product of blind survival processes, on what basis can we trust logic, memory, induction, or even belief in the past?

Drawing on Vaiṣṇava epistemology, the book offers a sustained critique of unguided evolutionism as an account of knowledge. It argues that, when taken seriously, such a worldview undermines the very conditions of intelligibility it must assume. Reasoning, science, and argument continue to function only by implicitly relying on foundations that unguided evolutionism itself cannot supply.

This is not a refutation of evolution as a biological process, nor a scientific critique of evolutionary theory. It is a focused examination of unguided evolutionism as a worldview—and of why it fails precisely where worldview coherence matters most.

Written for thoughtful Vaiṣṇava readers and preachers, the book shows that one need not be a scientist to raise decisive questions about evolution at the level of philosophy, epistemology, and worldview. It equips readers with clear arguments, conceptual clarity, and a principled framework for engaging evolutionary claims without conceding epistemic ground.