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Concepts for Being—Past and Future Anil MITRA, © September 10, 2016—September 10, 2016 CONTENTS
Concepts for Being—Past and Future SourcesBeingBeingBeingExperiencePowerCategoriesAlt-titles—Metaphysics, Theory of Being PurePragmaticUniversalParthoodWhole, Part, Null Alt title—Beings UniverseBeingsSpanLife, Birth, Death The VoidReasonMeaningArgumentThe RealLimitsPossibilityThe actualThe RealMetaphysics PurePragmaticUniversalAbstractionThe ConcreteThing vs. Process vs. Relation vs. Quality The AbstractRelativity of the concrete-abstract distinction CosmologyIdentityFormOn AgencyAgencyThis is to be a level 2 heading. It’s a level 1 heading here because of the detail. Before returning it to level 2, the lowest level detail should be placed elsewhere. Individual, civilization IndividualIdentityForm, relation, change (process) FormIdentity RelationKnowledgeElements: Individual, community, world Element-ElementForesightChangeProcess OriginsIndeterministicAdaptedI.e., adapted identity Since the emergence might have been original, mechanism and teleology are a particular cases of emergent mechanism and emergent teleology, respectively. EmergentMechanism Teleology MechanicsDynamics of form: Form-Relation-Process CivilizationThe concept of civilization is that of continuity of (human being) community across time and space. IdentityI.e., identity of civilization—without implication that awareness is involved (or not) For aspects, see Identity above AgencyMeans ExperienceConceptContentIntentionWill BindingBoundFreeLocusInnerFeelingEmotionNeutralPure ConceptUnbound PerceptOuterPerceptBound concept Free ConceptTemporalityGrowthPatternPersonalityCommitmentPurposeThrown-nessVisionAimLimitActionExperimentTrial LearningProgressMethodReliable means CreationKindsIconicSymbolicMixedGenerationReflexivityOriginalityApplicationWorldIdeasGenerationCriticismCriticismIdeasIdea-IdeaIdea-WorldCriticismReferential MeaningConcept-ObjectLinguistic Referential MeaningSignCompound SignForm-al MeaningSymbolSign-ConceptLocusAtomicHolistLogic-ReasonPossibilityAbstract FormLanguage, logic, mathematics and other abstract symbolic systems LanguageLogicMathematicsScienceElementsFactDataAtomic ObjectPatternPhysicalCosmology Big Bang Gravitation-Relativity Quantum Theory LivingOrganism Micro-Macro Function Evolution PsychologicalSee Agent > Agency AbstractSee Agent > Individual > Identity > Change TheoryHypothesisTestWorldviewI would have used ‘paradigm’ rather than ‘worldview’ but paradigm suggests ‘slant’ or ‘perspective’ while worldview is more down to earth. And to some, paradigm suggests ‘new agey’. I would have used the term ‘world-view’ but ‘worldview’ suggests my intended meaning better. World-view might suggest ‘view of the world’ ConstituentsParadigmMetaphysicsCosmologyWorld AtlasFormInformal-ExperientialFormal-symbolicMixedLocusMaintained by IndividualCommunitySangha CultureConsistencyInternalLogicalExternalFactualPowerSources of stability of worldviews ExperiencePsycheIncludes neuro-endocrinal patterning GestaltHabituationCommunitySanghaThat aspect of community that sustains meaning. Shared meaning. BindingSupportCultureLanguageCommunicationTransmissionMeaningSee referential meaning above Stability-AdaptationStable MeaningStable Object-ConceptFluid MeaningNew ideas and terminologyOld ideas with new meaningNew terms vs. Old Holism of meaningWorldviewsPrimalSecularElementsNatureArtifactHumanismKindConcreteAbstractE.g. secular metaphysics SuprasecularScopeSuprasecularTranssecularKindsReligionMetaphysicsApproachDogmaReasonWorldview-worldview RelationsLateralConcrete-concrete and abstract-abstract Issue of ConsistencyConsistency is maintained by at least one of ReinterpretationModificationOf at least one of the views by mutual information and experience. VerticalConcrete-abstract. The following issues arise: ConsistencySince abstraction is omission of detail the following consistencies are maintained. Abstract-ConcreteAbstract-Direct ExperienceUniversalityWe would like universality The abstract is well adapted to universality and occurs via Concept SelectionFor adequacy and holism ReasonReason with the abstract forms reveals necessities that were hidden amid the details of the concrete or suppressed by limited paradigms of the concrete (this re-informs the concrete0 Abstract-Concrete MeshAbstract PerspectiveThe abstract as universal and perfect, illuminates, informs, and guides the concrete. Concrete PerspectiveThe concrete as limited and approximate is perfect in its revealed task of exploring the universal ultimate. Growth occurs by lateral-lateral and lateral-vertical shifts. Worldview shiftKindSee worldview-worldview relations above LateralVerticalDifficultySee worldview-worldview relations, Power, and Referential meaning, above HabituationExpectationGestaltPsychology VisionConfirmation BiasCommunal BindingIssues of MeaningI.e., referential meaning Meaning HolismConcept-ObjectConcept-ConceptRelated to Object-Object Nature of MeaningI.e., referential meaning FixityNeedFrom Stable Context Construction Community Civilization AllureSecurity Home Anxiety from FluidityNeedFrom Change From Exploration AnxietyOf Loss Of Unknown Of Change ReeducationIssues of Fixity and Fluidity of MeaningSee Habituation as well as Gestalt and Communal Binding, below Understanding MeaningSymbol-objectReferential meaning is symbol-object (sign-concept-object) Fluid-FixedMeaning is interplay of the fluid and the stable AcclimationNew SymbolsI.e. new ideas (concepts) and terminology (signs) Altered SymbolsI.e., partially new ideas (concepts)—continuous with the old New Terms Old Terms Holism of meaningHabituation-GestaltExposureAllowing AnxietyAllowing BivalenceAnalysisIndividual MeaningSystem MeaningHolism Analysis to SynthesisCommunal BindingAllowing AnxietyDialogChange ContextCommunity ChangeTransfer AllegianceEmigrate-ImmigrateStraddle CommunitiesThe ultimateUniverseDefinitionAll Being BeingsThe VoidLogicProofSignificanceMetaphysicsBeingSignificanceCosmologyExperienceIdentityExtentOriginsNormalE.g. this world RealizationAlternate title—Agency The WayThe Aim of BeingAttitudeExistential StancePathMeansTraditionE.g., Buddhist Psychology.html SystemE.g. religion PracticeDynamicsSee Agency and The elements of Being The ElementsWaysCatalystsEngagingModeIntrinsicInstrumentalActionExperimentIncrementReasonPath so farEpilogue? 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