If metaphysics and epistemology are going to make strides in the coming century, I bet they are going to have to negotiate the terrain that Kauffman set’s out in this book. What is creativity, and where does it come from? Also, what are the origins of complexity and emergence? What demarcates static death, from creative life, from utter chaos? Finally, what is the sacred in this new age complexity studies in the natural sciences? These are the questions that underpin this stunning work.