JOURNEY IN BEING

Ways of Being

CONTENTS

Summaries… 1

Preface… 1

Introduction… 1

Foundation… 1

Journey in Being… 2

The Fundamental Problems… 2

Lexicon… 2

Sources and Influences… 2

Index… 2

The Author… 2

SUMMARIES

Central Summary

Prospect for the Journey and its Foundation

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

The Nature of Philosophy

The Journey Continues…

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

Origins and Paths of the ‘Journey’

The Form of the Essay

Journey-Quest

ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Being and the Concept of Being

Core Concepts, Arguments and Conclusions

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

The Conceptual Problem of Knowledge

PROSPECT FOR THE JOURNEY AND ITS FOUNDATION

The Central Conceptual Issues

The Journey…

1           FOUNDATION – THE THEORY OF BEING

KEY TERMS

INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF BEING

On Being

Expectations for a Theory of Being

Outline of The Theory of Being: Metaphysics, Logic, Cosmology and Theory of Knowledge

Implications of The Theory of Being

1.1  METAPHYSICS

Introduction to Metaphysics: its Meaning, Necessity, and Ubiquity

Being

Universe

The Void

Logos

The Normal

Mind

Becoming

Order and Chaos

Mechanism and Explanation

Form

Object

Principles of Thought

The Individual

Truth

Further Topics in Metaphysics: Logic; Cosmology and Identity; Human Being, Ethics and Action; Faith

1.2  LOGIC

Logic as the Analysis of Necessary or Constitutive Form

Logic and Argument. Deductive Logics

Logic and the Possibility of Metaphysics

Certainty

Logic and the Void

Criticisms

1.3  COSMOLOGY

General Cosmology

Two Divides in the Evolution of Being: Cosmos and Symbol

Normal Cosmology. Local and Physical Cosmologies

Order and Chaos in Cosmology

Identity

1.4  HUMAN BEING AND SOCIETY

Human Being: the Organism and its Origins

Human Mind

Aspects of Mind: Feeling, Awareness, and Consciousness

Normal Psychology

Psychology: Introduction to the Elements of Mind

Function

Categories (structure and process)

Growth, Development and Meaning

Order and Chaos in the Human Organism and Mind

Language, Logic and Culture

Mind, Symbol and Value as a Proximate Account of Being

Order and Chaos in Human Life and Society

Desirability

The Highest Ideal

1.5  FAITH

Introduction

Faith and Reason

Outline

Faith

Faith and Chaos

Religion, Myth and Charisma

Religions of the World

The Place and Future of Religion. Bridging

CONCLUSIONS AND CRITICAL REVIEW. PROSPECTS FOR ‘JOURNEY IN BEING’

Introduction to a Critical Review of the Foundation

Some Criticisms

The Status of the Logic of the Theory of Being

Two Approaches to Foundation

Summary of the Foundation: Primary Implications

Conclusions on the Nature of Being

Development of the Theory of Being

The Ultimate

2           JOURNEY IN BEING

INTRODUCTIONPURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF THIS SECTION

Purposes of the Journey in Being that are Narrated in the Section

2.1  WHAT IS THE ‘JOURNEY IN BEING’?

A Map of the Journey

BACKGROUND: HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPLORATION

2.2  UNDERSTANDING

Background

Unity in Understanding: Metaphysics and the Journey in Being

Metaphysics and Philosophy in Light of the Theory of Being


2.3  JOURNEY TO THE ULTIMATE: TRANSFORMATION OF BEING

Background

Realization

Dynamics of Transformation

Experiments in Transformation

Construction of Being

Action, Ideals and Society

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES…

AFTER THE JOURNEY

THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS

PROBLEMS OF BEING AND KNOWLEDGE RESOLVED OR ILLUMINATED

Problems of Being and Transformation

Problems of Knowledge

PROGRAM OF STUDY, CONCEPTUAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

Ideas: Being and Aspects of Being

Transformation

Status and Future of the Essay

Planning and Design

Structure of Subsequent Editions

LEXICON

SOURCES AND INFLUENCES

Bibliographic Information

INDEX

THE AUTHOR