JOURNEY IN BEING

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  • INTRODUCTION

    • INTRODUCTION TO THE JOURNEY

      • A Very Short Account of the Journey in Being

      • The Nature of the Journey

      • Origins, Paths and Evolution of the ‘Journey’

      • The Form of the Essay

      • Journey-Quest

      • Preface to the Essay

        • On the Publication of ‘Journey in Being’

        • Outline

        • The Audience

        • Reading the Essay

    • ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS

      • Being and the Concept of Being

      • Core Concepts, Arguments and Conclusions

    • KNOWLEDGE AND certainty

      • 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

      • The Place of Knowledge and Certainty in Being

    • PROSPECT

      • The Central Conceptual Issues

      • The Journey

  • FOUNDATION

    • INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF BEING

      • On Being

      • Expectations for a Theory of Being

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

      • Application of the Theory to Human Being and Society

      • Implications of The Theory of Being

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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, CRITICAL REVIEW, and prospects for the journey

      • 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

  • JOURNEY

    • WHAT IS THE ‘JOURNEY IN BEING’?

      • A Map of the Journey

    • BACKGROUND: HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPLORATION

    • UNDERSTANDING

      • Background

      • Unity in Understanding: Metaphysics and the Journey in Being

      • Metaphysics and Philosophy in Light of the Theory of Being

    • TRANSFORMATION OF BEING

      • Background

      • Realization

      • Dynamics of Transformation

      • Experiments in Transformation

      • Construction of Being

      • Action, Ideals and Society

    • THE JOURNEY CONTINUES…

    • AFTER THE JOURNEY

    • APPENDICES

      • The Fundamental Problems

        • Problems of Being and Knowledge

          • Transformation

          • Knowledge

        • Program of Study and 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