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being Now The Way of Being © Anil Mitra © 1997—2018 This page has not been updated since 2010 Contents Supporting Documents and Reference Metaphysics: the Logic of Being | Essay Topics – Philosophy and its History Topics – Knowledge, Epistemology and Ethics Topics – Evolution, Design and the Absolute Topics – Mathematics and Science Applications – for convenience, the following list repeats the phases of the Journey Dynamics: Transformations of Being – Ideas and Experiments | Essay The purposes of the experiments The Experiments and their Theory The Variety of Being: Experiments with Ideas and Artifacts | Essay Objectives for the study of the variety of being The Variety: Theory and Machine Intelligence Action, Influence, Charisma and History | Essay Purposes for Action, Influence, Charisma and History On Action, Influence and Change Topics – Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology
The map Journey in Being | NarrativeMain DocumentsJourney in Being: in-process version of 2010. Journey in being: an outline version of 2010
The following completed versions exist Journey in Being-New World: version of 2007 Journey in Being-New World: version of 2006 Journey in Being: Whereof one cannot speak: 2004 The Logic and Concepts of the Journey in Being: July 2004
And the original version Journey In Being and Prologue: 2003 The original and first version to include a number of fundamental new ideas: the theory of Being and its basis in pure logic; the consolidation of my thoughts on mind - its nature, the mind-body problem and itsresolution, the categories; consolidation of my thoughts on social and political theory and action…
Note the phrase ‘basis in pure logic,’ above. The phrase expresses a line of thought which I have worked through and it requires clarification. The method by which we arrive at the laws of logic contain empirical elements in that analysis of deduction alone does not reveal the laws. Thus, experiment with symbolic forms is required to arrive at the laws of logic. It is this sense in which logic is empirical while it is simultaneously intensely symbolic. But what is the truth of the logical systems? Is this dependent on reference to the world? Only indirectly for truth in logic and mathematics depends, in turn, on symbolic models. An alternate view is the Platonic view in which mathematical Objects are real. Is there a meeting ground of the views? Yes, and it is in the concept of Logic (capitalized because it is given a new meaning that depends on the development of the metaphysics of Journey in being and the theory of Objects.) In the theory of Objects it is shown that the empirical and the symbolic are not distinct (there are of course practical distinctions.) The key point is the principle of reference according to which in its original form went Subject to logic, every concept has reference (this is a consequence of the developments in metaphysics.) However, because of problems in logic, we cannot be sure of the claim. Therefore, define Logic as the universal law of the understanding of being. This notion is simultaneously symbolic and empirical but in return there is a price: Logic is always in a state of discovery. However, this is not truly a ‘price’ for it is only a loss relative to certain preconceptions that must be given up. Readers may be thinking that this ‘’ is empty for it appears to be a mere definition; however, it is not empty thanks to the development of logic which are at least approximations to Logic Words, language, metaphysics is a listing of a vocabulary for Journey in Being and for a variety of pertinent metaphysical systems. In addition to substance ontology, alternative systems of metaphysics, and a system of basic words, the document contains systems of words for language, being, mind, knowledge and transformation and a detailed array of sub-topics. Metaphysics Lexicon, just begun as of February 2004, is intended to be a dictionary of basic words for metaphysics in English, French, German, Greek, Latin and Sanskrit (June 2005: when I have completed the 2005 version of Journey in Being, I will import its lexicon) Design for a Journey in Being is the blue print for the future New Ideas and supplements contain ideas for improvement of and corrections to Journey in Being including fundamental enhancements and elaborations to the main paradigms (having supplements eliminates the need for too frequent reprinting) Supporting Documents and ReferenceHistory of Thought and Action compiled from John A. Garraty and Peter Gay, eds., The Columbia History of the World, 1972. data for [1] possibility of trends, prediction and understanding… and e.g. what kind of trends i.e. while some kinds of trends may be unpredictable this may not be universal; [2] identify focal events and individuals for further study; and [3] History as interaction of thought and action. Combine with:
Max Weber's Sociology of Charisma
A Note on History and its use in the present context: it is regarded as evident that any narrative history must make choices that reflect a system of valuation and categories of understanding. However, even within these limitations it is clear that the recorded events speak at least as directly to the nature of history than any idea of that nature. Thus, for example, on reading a chapter from the foregoing reference on The Golden Age of Spain it becomes clear that the period in question was much more a patchwork of numerous interacting threads than a monolithic situation, and that the idea of a golden age is a retrospective assignment that exalts something quite tenuous. The history to be written will emphasize both ideas and action and will be bound together on the principles of Journey in Being in which the determinate and necessary are essentially the product of the indeterminate Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness Being, mind and the absolute (frames version) Evolution, Design and the Absolute Kinds of Knowledge; also see Susan Haack, Philosophy of Logics, 1978 Linguistics (not available on the Internet) CommentaryJourney In Being is the main document. It is an account of the Journey - of my explorations in knowledge and being and is currently the most up-to-date and comprehensive expression of my thought. Journey in Being was intended to be an overview with the Metaphysics, the Experiments, studies in the Variety of Being, and Action being detailed accounts of the phases of the Journey. Currently, however, Journey in Being includes the entire text of the overview - the prologue and the introduction - and the four phases. I may change this structure in the future. The documents for four phases are also useful because their arrangement is different from that in Journey in Being The other essays linked from the site-map are not as current as Journey in Being which often supersedes or vastly improves the ideas from earlier essays. However, the older documents are of interest for some of their ideas and elaborations and may be useful if I later edit or revise Journey in Being Other documents include designs and related concerns Design for a Journey in BeingDesign for a Journey in Being is a blue print for the future New Ideas: contains ideas for improvement of and corrections to Journey in Being including fundamental enhancements and elaborations to the main paradigms Proposal for Horizons Enterprises™ Horizons Enterprises™ Financial Planning Information linksAdditional Links for Journey in Being
Metaphysics: the Logic of Being | EssayThe aims of the metaphysicsDevelop a theory of being that includes actual being and its possibilities and potentials; the theory develops the principle of being that all being is accessible to every being Show what is accessible to individual [human] being and to show what is ethical and the means of access; an approach, the dynamics of being, that underlies the tradition of transformations in being and the Experiments in Transformation, below Develop an understanding and lines of solution, in light of the theory, of problems in metaphysics; the topics include some significant issues in the classical and modern traditions of metaphysics and for application in the Journey in Being Metaphysics: TheoryTheory: Knowledge and Action, Metaphysics Topics: Mind, Cosmology, Ethics and its common roots with being and knowledge Applications: Experiments in the Transformation of Being, The Variety of Being, Action and Influence Vocabulary for Metaphysics | Metaphysics Lexicon The Fundamental Problem of Metaphysics Topics – Philosophy and its HistoryThe Periods of Indian Philosophy Topics – Knowledge, Epistemology and EthicsKinds of Knowledge; Linguistics On Thomas Kuhn’s Philosophy of Science Topics – Evolution, Design and the AbsoluteEvolution, Design and the Absolute Topics – Mathematics and ScienceMathematics and its Foundations Topics – MindHas the most up-to-date and complete developments on the nature of mind, the mind body problem, the aspects of mind e.g. attitude, experience and action and other issues. The following earlier essays have details of interest Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness Philosophy of Mind Satellite Site Essays on Mind – and consciousness Review: John Searle and David Chalmers Twenty Thinkers – in philosophy of mind and consciousness Summary: Susan Greenfield, The Human Mind Applications – for convenience, the following list repeats the phases of the JourneyJourney In Being contains all phases, theory and applications Experiments in the Transformation of Being Action, Charisma, Influence and Change
Dynamics: Transformations of Being – Ideas and Experiments | EssayThe purposes of the experimentsUse and develop the dynamics of being to integrate and enhance traditional approaches to transformation Use the resulting system in the Journey – specifically in an attempt to experimentally demonstrate the principle of being Use the approaches to transformation in my own life and develop special purpose applications The Experiments and their TheoryExperiments in the Transformation of Being Dynamics of Being, Becoming, Journey-Quest, A System of Experiments including a Complete, Minimal System Perception and Vision-Quest, Dreams and Hypnosis, Yoga and Meditation The Periods of Indian Philosophy Coming: applications in healing and wellness... see Research topics, Treatment Planning Journey-Quest and PlanningJourney Planning – in Design for a Journey in Being Includes templates for Objectives & Itinerary | Short List | Vacation Request Mathematics and its Foundations The Fundamental Problem of Metaphysics and its Resolution Journal 2002 – the entire content has been absorbed to Journey in Being and other essays
The Variety of Being: Experiments with Ideas and Artifacts | EssayObjectives for the study of the variety of beingTo develop an understanding of the variety – actual and possible being including hypothetical being; I use hypothetical to include reference to beings or modes of being from the tradition of thought, especially God To develop a perspective on and further human attempts in the construction of being – especially machine intelligence and being To use the results in understanding being The Variety: Theory and Machine IntelligenceTopics – ApplicationsThe Variety of Being outlines applications and plans Databases and Concepts, Database of Section Titles, Databases and Concepts: Discussion Automation in Psychiatric Care
Action, Influence, Charisma and History | EssayPurposes for Action, Influence, Charisma and HistoryI consider, first, the general understanding and change of social arrangements – especially politics I develop some tools for application; a first stage is communication including the present website subsequent stages will be more direct, more active and more involved I have formulated a design for an institute, Horizons Enterprises, for development of the aims of Journey in Being On Action, Influence and ChangeMax Weber's Sociology of Charisma Topics – EducationQualitative Measure is not Objective Topics – EngineeringEmphasis on Education in Engineering; the same as The Concept of Education above Topics – PsychiatryTopics in Psychiatry; older, interesting, dated – needs update Resources For Psychiatry – outline Levels of Psychiatric Function Differential Treatment of Disorders Research topics, Treatment Planning Topics – Psychology, Sociology and AnthropologyTopics in Psychology – older, interesting, dated – needs update Design of a Life – dated Ernest Becker, The Birth and Death of Meaning
Ernest Becker, The Birth and Death of Meaning
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