JOURNEY IN
BEING
Ways of
Being
Document
status: December 6, 2005
This
outline has been absorbed to Journey
in Being - 2005 - outline level 5 -- new 11.04.05.html
and no further
action is necessary
CONTENTS
Summaries 178
Preface 178
Introduction 178
Foundation 178
Journey
in Being 178
The
Fundamental Problems 178
Lexicon 178
Sources
and Influences 178
Index 178
The
Author 178
The summaries have a
strikethrough because they are not being incorporated at this time
Central
Summary
Prospect for the Journey and its Foundation A
SUMMARY
Implications of The Theory of Being
Mind
Object. A summary of knowledge and concepts
Principles of Thought
The Nature of Science
Cosmology
Theoretical Physics: Quantum Theory and the
Relativistic Theory of Gravitation
Desirability
Faith
Conclusions and Critical Review. Prospects
for Journey in Being A SUMMARY
The Nature of Philosophy
The Journey Continues A SUMMARY
PREFACE:
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ESSAY
Outline and Structure
The
Audience
Reading
the Essay
INTRODUCTION
TO THE JOURNEY IN BEING
The Nature of the Journey
The
Use of the Word, ‘Journey’
Journey
in Being
The Ambitions
The Primary Goal
Secondary Objectives
Origins of the Ambitions
On the Subject or Agent
On ‘Whole Systems’
Origins
and Paths of the ‘Journey’
Significance
of the Individual Story
Origins
Criticism
of My Life and Thought
Two Paths
Journey: Ideas and Transformation
Life
Origins
and Development of the Theory of Being
Knowledge
and Faith
The Form
of the Essay
Journey-Quest
Core
Concepts
Preliminary
Concepts (keywords)
Arguments
and Conclusions
The
Concept of Importance
Achievements
KNOWLEDGE AND CERTAINTY… AND THEIR
PLACE IN BEING
Some
Thoughts on the Nature of Criticism
Aspects
of Criticism
1
FOUNDATION – THE THEORY OF BEING
On Being
Comments on the Word ‘Being’
The
Concept of Being
The Elimination of Substance
On the Meaning of Being
Significance of the Concept of Being
What Exists: Intension; Appearance and Reality
What Exists: the Theory of Being (link) and the Void (link)
What Exists: Discussion of Intension and Extension
What Exists: Extension
What is the Nature of Existing Things?
Further Significance of the Concept of Being
Comments on the Uses of the Word, ‘Being’
The Idea of Being
The Significance of (the Concept of) Being
The
Significance of the Journey
Significance of the
Personal Story
Significance
of ‘Being’
Choice of the Word, ‘Being’
On Seeking
Expectations for a Theory of Being
What
is Expected of a Theory of Being?
General Requirements for a Theory of Being:
Motives for a Theory
Motives for a
Theory of Being
Rational
Requirements for a Theory of Being
Acceptance of a Theory of Being
General Requirements for a Theory of Being:
the Lineaments of a Theory
System for
Knowing and Realizing All Actual and Possible Being
Elements of a
Theory of Being
Primitives
Methods
or Approaches
Results
System of
Understanding
System
of Explanatory Principles
System
of Actual and Possible Being
The Theory of Being Reveals its Own
Motivation
Some Issues and Problems that any ‘Complete’
Theory of Being Must Address
Absolute
Completeness
Relative
Completeness
Outline of The Theory of
Being: Metaphysics, Logic, Cosmology and Theory of Knowledge
Theory of Being
Ontology or
Pure Metaphysics
Logic
Cosmology
Human Being
Faith
1.1
Metaphysics
Meaning of
Metaphysics in this Essay
The Rise and Fall of Epistemology. The Necessity and Fruitfulness of
Metaphysics
General
and ‘Proper’ Interpretations of ‘Metaphysics.’ Meaning of Metaphysics in this Section
Ontology
Substance, Process and Relationship
The Normal
Mind
Form, Logos and Logic
Form and Symbol
Universals
Object
Symbol, Ideal and External Object
Belief
The
Concept
Knowledge
Comments on the Possibility of Metaphysics and of a
Complete System of the Problems of Metaphysics
Theory
of Knowledge
Principles
of Thought
Truth
On Love
Logics and their Contexts
Conditions for Primal Logic to Obtain
Laws of Logic
Induction and the ‘Scientific Method’
Science
and Reality
Law
The Fundamental Problem of Metaphysics
[Why is there Something
Rather than Nothing?]
Possibility, Necessity and Actuality
Logic and
Argument.
Deductive Logics
Logics
and their Contexts
Classical
Logics
Propositional
Calculus
The
Predicate Calculi
Modal
Logic
Indexicals
Variant
logics
Other
Contexts
Probability
Calculus as a Logic; Quantum Logics
Logic and the
Void
The
Void
Identity
of Possibility, Actuality and Necessity
Critique
of the Development of the Logic
Reference is Necessary for a Sentence to be a Proposition
Relevance for Language
Cosmology and Logic
The Void
The Void
Exists
Identity of
Possibility, Actuality and Necessity
Determinism and Indeterminism. Universal
Indeterminism and Local Determinism-like or Causal-like Behavior are not
Inconsistent; the latter Necessarily follows from the
former
Further
Properties of the Void
World,
Universe, Law, God
Fundamental ontology
Space, Time and Space-Time
Two Divides in the Evolution of Being: Cosmos and Symbol
Origins of a Coherent Cosmological System
Origin of the Free Symbolic Capability
Evolution as a Mechanism
Further Cosmological Consequences
Cosmological
System; or Phase-Epoch or Coherent Domain of the Universe
Creation,
Recurrence, Karma, Annihilation
Being that is
the Span of All Being
Normal Cosmology. Local
and Physical Cosmologies
The Concept of the Normal
The Normal; Normality
and Necessity; Normal Cosmology;
Evolution as a Mechanism
Limits,
Miracles, Magic
Some Normal Categories and Considerations
Mind and Causation
Action and
Choice
Knowledge
Physical Cosmology
Space and Time or Space-Time, and Causation
Causation
Dynamics
Space-Time-Matter
and Gravitation
Quantum
Dynamics
Life…
Identity
1.4
Human
Being and Society
Human Mind
The Nature
of Mind: Comments
The Normal
Layered Organization of Mind
Dimensions
or Modalities* of (Subjective) Feeling
Direction of Feeling: Attraction / Repulsion or, in
More the Specific Case, Pleasure / Pain
Tenor (Mood): Uni-Directional or Fluctuating
Afferent-Efferent
State-Disposition
Memory
Focus-Background*
Part-Whole
Center-Periphery
Integration-Independence
Modularity-Integration (Holism;)
Layering
Bound-Free
and Internal-External
Perception, Concepts and Meaning
Wittgenstein’s Contribution Including Use of the
Analysis of Solipsism
Feeling-Motivation-Cognition: an Integrated System
Aspects of Mind. The Categories of Intuition; Axes for
Mental Phenomena; Growth and Development
The Categories of Intuition
Axes for Mental Phenomena
The Elements of Intuition
Existential: Being, (Becoming, Being-in, …) Humor…
Physical: Space, Time, Causation,
Indeterminism (Humor)
Biological: Life Forms
Psychological or Psychosocial:
Image-Concept, Icon-Symbol, Emotion, Humor, Communication, Value, Identity…
Growth
– Development, Learning, Accomplishment, Personality and Meaning; Meaning,
Commitments and Purpose; Love
Development, Learning, Accomplishment
Love
Exceptional
Achievement and Disorder
Personality and Personality Factors; an Approach to
the Study (Psychology) of the Person as a Whole
The Whole Individual: a Rationalized Study
of Personality
Personality and Identity
Factors for the Psychology of the Person as
a Whole
Personality and Meaning
Ontological Psychology
Order
and Chaos in the Human Organism and Mind
Cognition
and Communication
Language,
Icon and Thought; Expression of Concepts
Uses
of Language
Concepts
Attitudes
Metaphor and Other Non-Literal Uses
Comment
on Errors Encouraged By Language
Bewitchment of Intelligence
Bewitchment of Critical Thought
It is as if Language Creates a Universe of its Own
Order
and Chaos in Human Life and Society
Desirability
Ethics,
Value and Political Theory
From a previous discussion of action
From a previous discussion of ethics
Law
and Legal Theory
1.5
Faith
Common Faith
Science and Faith
Faith and Action
Faith is not Logically Absurd
Faith and Need
Further Reasons to Have Faith
Criticisms of Faith
Counter-Criticism
Psychology of Faith
Justification of Faith; Faith and Action (Again)
Faith and Reason
States of Faith
Systematic Truth of a Scripture
Given Faith’s Hold, Bridging the Gaps Between
the Faiths and Between Faith and Secular Truth May Have Value
A Purpose of the Discussion Has Been to Introduce Doubt
Regarding Common Attitudes to Faith
A Generalized Doubt. Is it the Function of the Instruments of Knowledge to
Produce Knowledge?
An Approach to Doubt
Bridging the ‘Gaps’ Between Faiths and Between Faith and
Secular Truth
Cosmology, Faith and
Religion
Faith and Religion;
Common and Esoteric Faith; Articles of Faith
Some Conceptions of
Religion
Cognition and Feeling
(Emotion) in Religion
Function. Essential
Message(s)
Designated vs. Actual
Function
Comment on Definition;
on Naming
What is Religion?
What is Religion; Inner
and Outer Truth (= Non-Literal and Literal Meanings)
Inner Truth Does not Justify Outer Truth
But without Outer Truth
there Can be no Inner Significance; Conflict Between
Faith and Reason
If the Scientific
Picture is Experienced as Alienating, the Alienation
is not From Science but the Emotional Response of the Individual
The Scientific Picture
is not Inherently Alienating
There are Alienating Ways of Practicing and
Teaching Science
Although Science is not
Intrinsically Limiting the Picture From Science at any
One Time May be so
Significance of the
Theory of Being
The Infinities
‘Revealed’ By the Theory of Being
The Theory of Being is
not Essential to this Revelation
These Conclusions From the Theory of Being Provide no Absolute Comfort;
Suffering and Evil are Essential Parts of the Universe
If Good and Evil and
Pleasure and Pain are Necessary, is there any Real Meaning to ‘Good,’ ‘Evil’
‘Pleasure,’ and ‘Pain?’
Abuses in the Name of
Religion
Additional Criticisms
of Religions (but not of Religion Itself)
Articles of Faith
Literal or Material Interpretations
Cosmological
System; or Phase-Epoch or Coherent Domain of the Universe
Normality and
Necessity
Creation,
Recurrence, Karma, Annihilation
Karma
Being that is
the Span of All Being… or of Some Inclusive Range of Being
Chain of Being:
God, …, Individual Soul, Element of Being
God
Articles of
Faith
Limits;
Miracles; Magic
Heaven and Hell
Non-Literal Interpretations
Classifications or Typologies of Myth, Faith
and Religion
Fundamentalist
Attitudes
Problems of Religion
The
Place and Future of Religion. Bridging
Conclusions and Critical Review. Prospects for ‘Journey in Being’
Introduction
to a Critical Review of the Foundation
Being
Logic is at the Core
of Being; there is Always Logic
Paradox and Reference
Logics
Relevance of Logic
The Universe is All
Being
The Void is the
Absence of All Being – of All Things
What is not a
Contradiction is Possible
Actuality,
Possibility and Necessity are Identical (with Regard to the One Universe)
Ontology
The Concept of
Normality
There is BEING that
Spans All Being
All Being is
Interactive
Metaphysics
Mind, Matter and Substance
Mind
Substance
Matter
On Pan-Psychism and
Materialism
Knowledge
The Journey
Conclusions on the Nature of Being
The
Journey as a Whole… the Character Common to Every Being
Being as a Whole
Human or Animal Being… as Central to Our Journey… and
as an Example
Any Being
Development
of the Theory of Being
2
JOURNEY
IN BEING
Intrinsic
Purposes
Illustration of Being as Becoming or Journey
Three Journeys; Narrative
…and Development of the Journey
The Understanding of All Being
An Essential Account of the Cumulative
Understanding From Human Culture and Animal Being with
an Evaluation Based in the Theory of Being –Inclusive of Metaphysics, Logic,
Cosmology and Theory of Knowledge– and its Support in the Disciplines and
History of Action
A Narrative of Transformation
Applied
purposes
Mutual Review of the Foundation and the Traditions
2.2
Understanding
Unity in Understanding: Metaphysics and the Journey in Being
Learning From the
Disciplines
Metaphysics and Philosophy in Light of the Theory of
Being
Topics in Metaphysics
Philosophy
Metaphysics,
Philosophy and the Journey in Being
Characterizing
Metaphysics and Philosophy
Philosophy
and Analysis
Philosophy of
Philosophy: Reflections on the Question, ‘What is Philosophy?’
Mature
Philosophical Reflection
Catalog of Fundamental Problems
2.3
Journey to the Ultimate: Transformation of
Being
Background
Analysis:
The Modern World
THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS
Problems of Being and Knowledge Resolved or
Illuminated
The Concept and Structure of the Journey in Being and its
Foundation
Specific
Topics for Further Study and Investigation
Development of the Concepts and Terms
Structure and Relations Among
Fundamental Concepts
The Nature of the Object
Mind
The Problem of Identity
Language and Thought
Language
Language Structure and Logic
Logic
The Concept and Demarcation of the Unspeakable or Unthinkable
Truth
The Problems of ATOMISM
The Concept of Value and the Ideal
Quantum Theory
Time and Space
Non-Propositional Functions of
Language (for Research Plans)
LEXICON
SOURCES
AND INFLUENCES
INDEX