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Tom Amarque
Tom Amarque (born November 21, 1974) is a German philosopher and author of several non-fiction books on philosophy and developmental psychology. He was co-editor of Mind Magazin and is the translator of numerous books. He currently lives in Mallorca, Spain.

Philosophy
Like Ken Wilber, Amarque strikes a balance between between sociology, developmental psychology and spirituality. Since we are, by our nature, not only social but also spiritual beings, constantly embedded in a nexus of cognitive and cultural development, every philosophic reasoning must necessarily not only lead to the question what we can do and how we can shape our life-design (Lebensentwurf) but rather, what we can do to facilitate our development.

Observation
In his book Die Evolution der Psyche (Evolution of the psyche), published in 2006, Amarque examines the function of the cognitive observer in regard of the structure formation, self-organisation and development of the human psyche. Since – in the realm of the human consciousness – we only can describe what we can observe, he argues that we must distinguish at least three different cognitive observers. The first degree observer deals with immediate perceptions provided by the senses and the nervous system. In this sense we share this first degree observer with all animals which are equipped with a nervous system. The second degree observer is able to distinguish and label thoughts, symbols and signs. He is the significant evolutionary achievement of the homo sapiens. The third degree observer of the human consciousness is capable to distinguish the emergence of the different observers - at that means of the autopoiesis and the evolution of the psyche - itself.

Volition
Der Wille, published in 2009, breaks with the tradition of the aristotelian paradigm that we are living in an objective world, in which we execute our human will. Based on new epistemological insights derived from constructivist epistemology and Integral philosophy, each of our volitional acts serves to shape our cultural and cognitive development. Rather than to live and act in a world, we live with her. In this book Amarque also introduces the concept of developmental stages of volition - from pre-egoic to post-egoic/transpersonal stages - an idea further explored in his 2011 book Entwicklungs als Passion. Der Wille received positive reviews nationally and internationally.

Daimonotechnique
Daimonotechnique is a term coined by Amarque, who introduced this concept in his 2011 book Entwicklungs als Passion (Development as passion). Amarque argues that behind all learning styles, all cognitive development and behind all spiritual and psychological techniques lies a simple autopoietic principle of the human mind, namely the capacity of reproduction (of psycological content), differentiation (of that content), emergence (of new content) and novelty (to allocate the new content for the purpose of being reproduced.). Amarque calls the self-determined utilization of these principles daimonotechnique.

The evolutionary human
In 2013, Amarque published the essay The evolutionary human under the pen name Jonas Liebeskind, which deals with the moral and ethical implications of being partly responisible of cultural and cognitive development. Written in the style of Friedrich Nietzsche it confronts the fallacys of postmodern thinking and political correctness.

Works in English translation

 * The Evolutionary human, (as Jonas Liebeskind) translation by Martin Ucik & Bruce Kunkel, singles2couples.org publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-0984570317

Original German titles

 * Die Evolution der Psyche, Non-fiction, Phänomen-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3933321930
 * Der Wille, Non-fiction, Phänomen-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3933321732
 * Wie wir wurden, wer wir sind, Non-fiction, Kamphausen, 2011, ISBN 978-3899013528
 * Entwicklung als Passion, Non-fiction, Phänomen-Verlag, 2011 ISBN 978-3899013528
 * Was ist Liebe? Eine integrale Anthologie, Non-fiction, Phänomen-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3933321589
 * Adept Fiction, Phänomen-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-8494160912
 * Der starke Mensch Essay, Phänomen-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3943194562

Tom Amarque
Tom Amarque (born November 21, 1974) is a German philosopher and author of several non-fiction books on philosophy and developmental psychology. He was co-editor of Mind Magazin and is the translator of numerous books. He currently lives in Mallorca, Spain.

Philosophy
Like Ken Wilber, Amarque strikes a balance between between sociology, developmental psychology and spirituality. Since we are, by our nature, not only social but also spiritual beings, constantly embedded in a nexus of cognitive and cultural development, every philosophic reasoning must necessarily not only lead to the question what we can do and how we can shape our life-design (Lebensentwurf) but rather, what we can do to facilitate our development.

Observation
In his book Die Evolution der Psyche (Evolution of the psyche), published in 2006, Amarque examines the function of the cognitive observer in regard of the structure formation, self-organisation and development of the human psyche. Since – in the realm of the human consciousness – we only can describe what we can observe, he argues that we must distinguish at least three different cognitive observers. The first degree observer deals with immediate perceptions provided by the senses and the nervous system. In this sense we share this first degree observer with all animals which are equipped with a nervous system. The second degree observer is able to distinguish and label thoughts, symbols and signs. He is the significant evolutionary achievement of the homo sapiens. The third degree observer of the human consciousness is capable to distinguish the emergence of the different observers - at that means of the autopoiesis and the evolution of the psyche - itself.

Volition
Der Wille, published in 2009, breaks with the tradition of the aristotelian paradigm that we are living in an objective world, in which we execute our human will. Based on new epistemological insights derived from constructivist epistemology and Integral philosophy, each of our volitional acts serves to shape our cultural and cognitive development. Rather than to live and act in a world, we live with her. In this book Amarque also introduces the concept of developmental stages of volition - from pre-egoic to post-egoic/transpersonal stages - an idea further explored in his 2011 book Entwicklungs als Passion. Der Wille received positive reviews nationally and internationally.

Daimonotechnique
Daimonotechnique is a term coined by Amarque, who introduced this concept in his 2011 book Entwicklungs als Passion (Development as passion). Amarque argues that behind all learning styles, all cognitive development and behind all spiritual and psychological techniques lies a simple autopoietic principle of the human mind, namely the capacity of reproduction (of psycological content), differentiation (of that content), emergence (of new content) and novelty (to allocate the new content for the purpose of being reproduced.). Amarque calls the self-determined utilization of these principles daimonotechnique.

The evolutionary human
In 2013, Amarque published the essay The evolutionary human under the pen name Jonas Liebeskind, which deals with the moral and ethical implications of being partly responisible of cultural and cognitive development. Written in the style of Friedrich Nietzsche it confronts the fallacys of postmodern thinking and political correctness.

Works in English translation

 * The Evolutionary human, (as Jonas Liebeskind) translation by Martin Ucik & Bruce Kunkel, singles2couples.org publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-0984570317

Original German titles

 * Die Evolution der Psyche, Non-fiction, Phänomen-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3933321930
 * Der Wille, Non-fiction, Phänomen-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3933321732
 * Wie wir wurden, wer wir sind, Non-fiction, Kamphausen, 2011, ISBN 978-3899013528
 * Entwicklung als Passion, Non-fiction, Phänomen-Verlag, 2011 ISBN 978-3899013528
 * Was ist Liebe? Eine integrale Anthologie, Non-fiction, Phänomen-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3933321589
 * Adept Fiction, Phänomen-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-8494160912
 * Der starke Mensch Essay, Phänomen-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3943194562