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THE WAY OF BEING Main Edition Anil Mitra © February 20, 2019—January 1, 2021 Updated Friday January 1, 2021 @ 11:37:23 CONTENTS * Signifies material explicitly about personal experience. Kinds of reader: how to read the essay What shall we do in this life? The fundamental principle of metaphysics†† Science, religion, culture, and their limits From concept to linguistic meaning Uniform basis for logic, mathematics, and science Abstract and concrete sciences Ethical imperatives related to realization Cosmology of form and formation†† Sources—reason in the traditions, reflection, experiment, and the metaphysics Review of reason and metaphysics A system of knowledge, reason, and action General and abstract sciences and method Instrumental vs immersive approach We are always at the beginning The universal and everyday templates
THE TEMPLATE As a template this document would have minimal content and comment. Content is included when it is an improvement over earlier exposition. This content may be eliminated when its essence is exported to the essays. Sources—document and database design.html, my journey.html, the way-outline.html. NotationAbsence of † and †† does not imply lack of general importance. * Signifies material explicitly about personal experience. Such sections occur only in the Prologue and Epilogue. Preface††The WayThe essayGeneralThe essayInfluencesKinds of reader: how to read the essayGeneralAcademicDiscoveryResourcesPrologueThe way inA personal journey*An approach to destiny†Imperative†What shall we do in this life?An imperativeThe meansThe fundamental principle of metaphysics††The principle†Is the principle new?Objections and resolutionsScience, religion, culture, and their limitsScienceThe fallacy of the paradigmReligionCultureA double bindModel structures of the worldAn experiential mapA metaphysical mapThe world†Being††The concept of BeingPreliminaryThe concepts of Being and beingsThe conceptual force of BeingAbstractionExperienceThe conceptThere is experienceIs there more than experience?A first map of experienceProblem of realismInterpretationsSubstanceNeutral interpretation†Challenges to realismIs anything outside experience?More on experienceBeing is relationalThe conceptual force of BeingMeaningConcept meaningIntension and extensionMeaning and metaphysicsFrom concept to linguistic meaningLinguistic meaningWord meaningLinguistic compoundsEfficiencyIssue of perfectionStability versus flowAnalysis and synthesis of meaningLinguistic conceptual meaningSignificant meaning†The place of meaning††Overlap of significant and linguistic meaningThe place of meaning is experienceMetaphysics†The concept of metaphysics†The intension†The extensionObjections and resolutionsThe role of Being in metaphysicsA system of concepts centered on BeingA pure ultimate metaphysicsPossibility†Logical possibilityNatural possibilityThe universe†The void†The conceptExistence†Metaphysical argumentArgument from the properties of the voidThe number of voidsThe fundamental principleThe principle†Demonstration from properties of the void†Heuristic argumentsFrom progress of scienceFrom assuming an explanation of existence of the world†From intuitionFrom significant meaningFrom Ockham’s Razor applied to what does not existOn the heuristicsObjections and resolutionsNecessity as cause of the universe†A principle of sufficient reasonThe fundamental question of metaphysics†Alternate foundations††Universal lawExistential principleConsequences†Creation and origins of the universe†The perfect metaphysics†The metaphysics†Identity†The ultimateThe ultimate†God, Brahman, the DivineThe absolutePaths to the ultimate†Death†Realization of significant meaningPaths to the ultimate vs in the ultimateFeasible paths to the ultimate†There are feasible paths to the ultimateGeneral means—reasonParticular means—traditionEngagement, ecstasy, and pain†Abstract objectsWhat is knowledge?Human knowledge and actionKnowledge and actionHuman knowledge and action—a mapLogic, science, mathematicsKnowledgeIntroductionErrorLogic and scienceMathematicsUniform basis for logic, mathematics, and scienceAbstract and concrete sciencesEpistemologyEthics and aestheticsIntroductionMoralsEthicsThe realms of ethicsThe metaphysics of ethicsEthics of realizationEthical imperatives related to realizationLocal ethicsEthics and the worldCosmologyWhat is cosmology?Principles†General cosmology††The conceptPrinciplesVariety, extension, and peaks of BeingGeneral vs efficient formationAbstract objectsA block universe†PreliminaryThe modelCosmology of form and formation††Form and formationFormation vs dynamicsBeing, space, and timeDynamics of BeingEfficient origins of dynamicsA generic dynamics of BeingPhysical cosmologyPsychologyReason††The concept of reasonSources—reason in the traditions, reflection, experiment, and the metaphysicsReasonThe elementsSummationReview of reason and metaphysicsA system of knowledge, reason, and actionThe system†HumanitiesPhilosophyScience, logic, and their unityRealms of the worldGeneral and abstract sciences and methodMetaphysicsMethodLinguisticsLogicMathematicsComputer scienceMeta-disciplinesConcrete sciencesNatural sciencesSocial sciences and studiesSociologyAnthropology (cultural)Cultural studiesLanguageKnowledgeEducationPolitics and economicsPoliticsEconomicsPolitical economicsInstrumental vs immersive approachOur worldOpportunities and problemsPowerThe Way††Aim of BeingMeansGeneralReasonIntuition and reasonTraditionParticularIntrinsicInstrumentalMeditation and intuitionBlocks and resolutionIntegration†Path††Everyday templateUniversal templateMetaphysics revisitedAbout metaphysicsFoundations of metaphysicsEpilogueWe are always at the beginningLooking forwardPerspective: DestinyPerspective: BeingIn closingAn in process narrativeWhere I am now*The journey continues*Resources for The WayPurposeReading and experienceThe InternetThe Way of Being websiteThe siteCurrent essay versionsThe universal and everyday templatesThe conceptsThemes and subjects amplifiedDesignThe WayRealizationWebsite and essaysEssay templatePrint and publication |