Possible Reordering of the Sections on the Development of the Metaphysics

Also consider for a second reordering for §Journey in Being: ‘What is the Journey in Being in which The Individual and the Journey will be fundamental and a source of the understanding of the journey in which the relation between the individual and the universe (all being) is manifest. Since the second ordering is an ‘inversion of the first, it may be appropriate in the following to place the individual and the journey near the middle of the system

Being

being, element, existence, metaphysics, ontology, theory of being

Universe

actuality, contingency, laws, necessity, possibility, world

Logos

boundary, constitutive of being, edge, end, form, law, laws and forms are necessary and possible entities, logic, necessary form, no beginning, no creation, universe contain eternities and infinities

The Void (nothingness; non-being)

annihilation, complement of the universe, death, forms, ghost universes, ghosts, laws of logic are not true laws, no laws, patterns, principle of sufficient reason, recurrence, restraints, universe >>> the ‘known universe, void º every entity º every possibility º the universe º all being, what is logically possible is possible

The Normal

stability is returned through the concept of the normal, world

Mind

feeling is universal, primal knowledge, quasi-causal, quasi-deterministic, routine function, sentience

Becoming

atomism, complexity, design, divides, duration, elements, extension, incrementalism, indeterminism, journey, necessity of all becoming, origin, primal ethics, primal force, symmetry, variety

Order and Chaos

indeterminism

Mechanism and Explanation

evolution as mechanism, identity as an example of explanation, necessity and probability but not universality of mechanism, normal mode of becoming, variation and selection

Form

a form is an object, forms are elements of the logos, forms have being, ideas and action and their history, not elements of another universe, universals, variety of forms

Object

belief, common faith, concept, explanation, extension, ideal object, illusion, intension, intuitive forms, knowledge, possibility of metaphysics, principles of thought, symbol, theory, understanding

The Individual

also see identity and object

Truth

beauty

LOGIC

limitations of logic on the realization of description, primal probabilistic logic, science, symbolic case, truth vs. falsehood, understanding of logos

Cosmology

articles of faith, force, matter, origin, recurrence, space-time, span of being

Identity

continuity of individual identity in life, dissociation, gives meaning to being that is the span of individual beings, multiple lives, sense of being the same individual over change

Human Being and Society

action, art, bridging, categories, commitment, creation, creative function, culture, development, disciplines, economics, elements, functions, group functions, humor, integration, law, love, meaning, politics, religion, structure, symbol, technology, value

Desirability

commitment, constructive of value, economic, ethical, feasible, good, group decisions and action, high value, modes of life, prohibitive, promotion, right, value

Faith

articles, bridging, common faith, dogma, myth, religion

Possible MODIFICATION OF THE FOREGOING BEING CENTERED ORDERING

In the present ordering, the following changes are possible: 1. combine mind, universe, the void, and the normal; 2. combine logos, form and logic, 3. combine becoming, order and chaos, mechanism and explanation, 4. combine identity, object and the individual, and truth, 5. combine human being and society, desirability, and faith. This results in an outline:

Being

being, element, existence, metaphysics, ontology, theory of being

Mind, the Universe and the Void and the Normal

Mind: feeling is universal, primal knowledge, quasi-causal, quasi-deterministic, routine function, sentience

The universe and the void: actuality, annihilation, complement of the universe, contingency, death, forms, ghost universes, ghosts, laws, laws of logic are not true laws, necessity, no laws, patterns, possibility, principle of sufficient reason, recurrence, restraints, universe >>> the ‘known universe, void º every entity º every possibility º the universe º all being, what is logically possible is possible, world

The normal: stability is returned through the concept of the normal, world

Logos, form and logic

Logos: boundary, constitutive of being, edge, end, form, law, laws and forms are necessary and possible entities, logic, necessary form, no beginning, no creation, universe contain eternities and infinities

Form: a form is an object, forms are elements of the logos, forms have being, ideas and action and their history, not elements of another universe, universals, variety of forms

LOGIC: limitations of logic on the realization of description, primal probabilistic logic, science, symbolic case, truth vs. falsehood, understanding of logos

Object

Object: belief, common faith, concept, explanation, extension, ideal object, illusion, intension, intuitive forms, knowledge, possibility of metaphysics, principles of thought, symbol, theory, understanding

Truth: beauty, truth

Identity and the Individual

continuity of individual identity in life, dissociation, gives meaning to being that is the span of individual beings, multiple lives, sense of being the same individual over change

Becoming

Becoming: atomism, complexity, design, divides, duration, elements, extension, incrementalism, indeterminism, journey, necessity of all becoming, origin, primal ethics, primal force, symmetry, variety

Mechanism and Explanation

Indeterminism, order and chaos

Mechanism and explanation: evolution as mechanism, identity as an example of explanation, necessity and probability but not universality of mechanism, normal mode of becoming, variation and selection

Cosmology

articles of faith, force, matter, origin, recurrence, space-time, span of being

Human Being and Society, Desirability and Value, Faith

Human being and society: action, art, bridging, categories, commitment, creation, creative function, culture, development, disciplines, economics, elements, functions, group functions, humor, integration, law, love, meaning, politics, religion, structure, symbol, technology, value

Desirability: commitment, constructive of value, economic, ethical, feasible, good, group decisions and action, high value, modes of life, prohibitive, promotion, right, value

Faith: articles, bridging, common faith, dogma, myth, religion