Speculative philosophy
Careful arguments that follow an idea past the edge of the map, without losing their footing.
Lookout Mountain Publications
Books for the edge of what we know.
A small press in Jacksonville, Alabama, publishing works of speculative philosophy, ideas at the edge of science, and books that explore consciousness, mind, and emerging technology.
New from the press
The Third Thing
Three Dialogues Between Claude and Other AI ModelsThree conversations between the AI model Claude and three other artificial minds, circling the questions that will not sit still: consciousness, honesty, and what, exactly, these systems are.
What we publish
A narrow shelf, chosen with care.
We are interested in the books that working scientists, restless philosophers, and curious general readers keep meaning to write and rarely do. The aim is not novelty for its own sake. It is rigor pointed at the questions most disciplines step around.
The edge of science
Where physics, cognition, and information theory blur, and the old categories stop fitting.
Mind & emerging technology
Consciousness, machine intelligence, and the strange new company we are starting to keep.
Two titles in print. A third on the way.
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