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The Way of being – outline
edition
(in-process)
Current editions: master (working)
and outline
(brief working)
Derived from the master: long
(in-process) | axiomatic
(essential content)
Not derived from the master: micro | informal version
Anil Mitra,
copyright © first edition – 2002
this version – May 2, 2026
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Contents
Plan
Notation
What is
The Way of Being?
Definitions
About
definitions
The
definitions
Being (substance)
and knowledge
Experience
and being
Value and
‘the meaning of life’
Knowledge,
precision, and value
Language,
concept meaning, and knowledge
Discovery
Argument
The
universe
Being and
beings
The
universe and its contents
Cosmoses
The void
and its existence
Paradox /
dialetheia
Metaphysics
Metaphysics
Possibility,
limitlessness, and logic
Ideal and
real metaphysics
Some
consequences
Experience,
ethics, and meaning
Categories
and cosmology
Knowledge
/ World*
Pathways
Return
The focus
Retreat
and renewal
Universal
narrative
The Way of being
Improve, think
Execute comments
This is developed in master > wide
angle view.
Being and be-ing
Being vs beings
Being vs be-ing
Refer to the SEP article
How does acquaintance fit here?
Direct
Observation (acquaintance) /
description / necessary
Indirect
Certain vs ‘probable’ inference
High level conceptual structure
Categories
Cosmology
General cosmology
What is cosmology?
Theory
Computational general cosmology
Generating possibilities of
being for the universe
A theory of form and cause
Abstract and concrete objects
Cosmology of form and formation
Cosmology of experiential being
No kind beyond experience but
there are grades of experience from root to peak.
Hierarchy of experiential being
Description of peak being
Identity, spacetime-being, and
property
Alternative physical cosmologies
Physical cosmology
Essential physical theory
Standard cosmology and
alternatives
Introduction
Knowledge
and the world
Topics in philosophy and metaphysics
Ethics
and meaning
Cosmology
Pathways
What pathways are
Design of pathways – elements
(cats, time scales…)
Some attributes (attitude…)
Templates
Resources
Institute
Universal
narrative
Introduction
Writing and updating universal narrative
On universal narrative
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