Author exploring freedom, responsibility, agency, political power,
scientific possibility, and meaning in a world shaped by consequence.
Meaning in an Irreversible World offers a philosophical and scientific defense of agency, responsibility, and meaningful choice in a deterministic universe. The book develops Emergent Libertarianism, a view that argues libertarian free will does not require escaping causation. Instead, agency emerges lawfully from deterministic processes. Choices are not outside causation; they are determined by agents acting within it. Because we can choose, we are responsible for our choices.
Although the free will argument was inspired in part by questions raised while writing about Four-Dimensional Kinetic Cosmology, this book stands on its own. It does not require the reader to accept 4DKC or any particular cosmological theory.
These papers examine galaxy and galaxy-cluster observations that place empirical constraints on gravitational interpretation and are qualitatively consistent with Four-Dimensional Kinetic Cosmology, the deterministic cosmological theory developed by Dan Fragoules.
Dissociative galaxy-cluster mergers show a recurring separation hierarchy: the lensing-defined gravitational field remains aligned with the galaxy distribution while the intracluster plasma is displaced.
In relaxed clusters, the acceleration required to support the observed plasma pressure gradient exceeds the gas-based reference acceleration by large factors, indicating that the plasma does not itself trace the dominant acceleration field.
Cluster mergers show that rapidly redistributed plasma does not reset the lensing-defined gravitational acceleration structure, which appears to persist on much longer timescales.
A feature-centered SPARC analysis finds that localized inner-galaxy baryonic residual features are accompanied by localized residual acceleration responses beyond what is expected from nearby radii alone.
Twenty years after the American collapse, a new government offers safety in return for compliance. Taken from the outskirts as a youth, Haven will risk everything to save those closest to her from an elite leadership intent on their elimination. Her pack leader, Adrien, hides a dark intellect behind a mask of conformity, manipulating people and circumstances toward his own subversive ends.
Drawn from today’s most contentious social and political conflicts, this modern dystopian thriller plays American philosophy against its greatest adversaries in a terrifying vision of a future it may be too late to avoid.
Publication Date: 2023
Publisher: Xaos Publishing
Genre: Science Fiction / Dystopian
ISBN: 978-0998740331
As society twists American values into offenses and individualism into greed, Tyranny of the Mind challenges distorted narratives and redefines the political spectrum.
Inspired by Julie’s family’s long fight for the American Dream and the prophetic clarity of America’s founders, the book presents historic figures in their own words, in context, for a thought-provoking exploration of the American mind and the battle against oppression.
Publication Date: September 23, 2024
Publisher: Xaos Publishing
Genre: Nonfiction
ISBN: 978-0-9987403-7-9
Nobler in the Mind is a gripping tale of a young woman’s perilous investigation into the truth about the bloody fall of her university’s most notorious former professor, Dr. Nathaniel Kauai.
She uncovers a story of theft and murder that threatens to consume her and take her loved ones down with her, leading to shocking revelations that shake her grip on sanity.
Publication Date: 1995
Publisher: Northwest Publishing
Reissued Date: TBD
Genre: Thriller
ISBN: 0761000429
Julie A. Fragoules is an author and independent researcher whose work explores freedom, responsibility, agency, political power, scientific possibility, and the structure of meaning in a lawful universe.
She spent two decades working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, rising to the position of Community Education and Outreach Task Force Leader in the Hazard Mitigation Branch. Prior to this, she worked as a reporter and newscaster for KTLO AM, KTLO FM, and Oldies 101.7 radio stations in Mountain Home, Arkansas, where she won Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalism awards.
Julie holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Central Arkansas and is a passionate advocate for preparedness, liberty, and personal responsibility. Beyond her professional life, Julie enjoys kayaking and sailing. She and her family have built numerous log homes near the White River in the Ozark Mountains of North Central Arkansas.
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