JOURNEY IN BEING

Ways of Being

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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

SUMMARIES

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

On the Publication of the Essay

Outline and Structure

The Audience

Reading the Essay

INTRODUCTION TO THE JOURNEY IN BEING

Introduction to the Nature, Origins and Evolution of the Journey

A Very Short Account of 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

Essential Concepts and Achievements

Being and the Concept of Being

Core Concepts, Arguments and Conclusions

Core Concepts

Preliminary Concepts (keywords)

Arguments and Conclusions

The Concept of Importance

Achievements

KNOWLEDGE AND CERTAINTY… AND THEIR PLACE IN BEING

The Significance of Knowledge

On the Concern with Certainty

Two Views of Knowledge: Transitional and the Absolute

The Nature and Possibility of the Absolute Framework

Attitudes toward Knowledge and Certainty

Certain and Hypothetical Knowledge

The Disvalue of Certainty

Knowledge and Action

Emotion, Belief and Faith

On Criticism

Some Thoughts on the Nature of Criticism

Aspects of Criticism

The Conceptual Problem of Knowledge

Prospect for the Journey and its Foundation…

The Central Conceptual Issues

The Journey…

Ideas

Transformation