JOURNEY IN BEING
Ways of Being
Level 3 Outline
CONTENTS
Introduction… 3
Foundation… 3
Journey in Being… 3
The Fundamental Problems… 3
Lexicon… 3
Sources and Influences… 3
Index… 3
The Author… 3
INTRODUCTION
This chapter is introduction to the journey and (sections
marked*) preface to the essay
Journey
– its nature and the choice to use ‘journey’
Being
The Form of the Essay
On the
Publication of the Essay*
Introduction
to the Ideas, Themes and Methods
On Thinking:
Introduction to Principles of Thought and Judgment
Core
Arguments and Achievements
Arguments and Conclusions; The
Concept of Importance; Achievements
Outline*
Reading the Essay*
Prospects
Foundation and Concepts. Central conceptual issues
The Journey: Ideas
and Transformation
The Nature and Concepts of
Being
Existence
Principles
of Thought
Expectations
for a Theory of Being
Outline
of the Theory
Metaphysics
Being, Mind,
Universe, Void, Logos, the Normal
Object,
Identity and the Individual, Truth
Introduction
to Logic, Cosmology, Anthropology, Ethics and Politics, and Faith
Logic
Logic and the Possibility of Metaphysics. Certainty
Logic and the
Void
Logic and Argument. Deductive Logics. Science
Cosmology
Two Divides in the Evolution of Being: Cosmos and Symbol
Normal
Cosmology. Local or Physical Cosmologies.
Application – Theoretical Physics
Identity
Anthropology:
Human Being, Action (Agency,) Society and Civilization
Human
Mind, Order and Chaos
Experience: Feeling,
Awareness, and Consciousness. Characterizing Mind: Extension to the Root. Aspects of Mind: perceptive / receptive or Attitude,
reflective or Null, and active or Action
Categories: structure and process
Growth. Learning and Development. Personality; Purpose, Commitments, Accomplishment and Meaning;
Love. Mind, symbol and value as providing a Proximate or Initial Account
of Being and Becoming (experience and transformation)
Language, Logic and Culture
Society, Order and Chaos
Desirability:
Ethics, Value and Feasibility. The Highest Ideal
Faith
The Concept and Nature of Faith
The Place and Future of Religion. Bridging
Criticism,
Conclusions and Prospect
Status
of the Theory of Being
Conclusions
on the Nature of Being
The Ultimate
Journey in Being
‘Journey’
Journey as Essential in Discovery and Experience
(transformation) of Being
Background: A History of Knowledge and
Exploration
Ideas as Journey.
Metaphysics and Philosophy in Light of the Theory of Being
Transformation
Background
THE
FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS
Problems of Being and Knowledge
LEXICON
SOURCES
AND INFLUENCES
INDEX