Ontology (Unification Thought)

ontology

derek dey

1Wednesday, July 9, 2014

the brief:

• ontology: Parmenides (On Nature: Logos or Doxa) /Socrates / Plato-Aristotle / eidos-hyle / logos-eros / Plotinus

• Middle ages: realism/idealism-conceptualism(mind)-nominalism(substance and accident) and the ‘bundle theory’

• Kant-Confucius (cultivation of a moral character) / Whitehead -reality and actuality - real entity and actual entity

• ontology is about being, becoming and reality

ontologia: ‘onta’ (what exists) and ‘logos’ (logic)ontology deals with all things and a theory of likeness


the emergent self

• the ‘imago dei’ and the self

• the journey to attachment

• the innate self

• the Christ Archetype / Aion

• the true self as ontology

unconscious

subliminal

conscious

(maslow fordham hillman winnicott slavin kriegman hagman beebe etc)

higher self

transpersonal psychology as ontology


ontologyindex:

• basic assumptions

• universal image

• subject and object

• individual image of the individual truth body

• connected body

• position of existence

• law of the universe

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a theory of being• individual truth being

• connected being

• resemblance

• a reflection of the processes in transpersonal psychology / affects and attachments


ontology: predicated to Logos

• logos expressed as logos-eros

• likeness

• gender specific-individuated

• ecology


1. individual truth being

• ideal self or pathologies - (ideal as transcendent)

• deductive theory related to the original image

• a theory of resemblance - autonomy

• sungsang and hyungsang ?latent consciousness / physiochemical + virtues


a panpsychic proposal

sungsang

hyungsang

the great chain of being


layered structures: a processive cosmos and DNA

circular motion time-space spiral / complexities

microcosmmacrocosmtranscendent immanent

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speciationor evolution

“Prior to creating human beings, God created the natural world by expressing partial reflections of the internal nature and external form He had conceived for human beings” ... in creating the universe, God first thought about the complete and unified human being; yet, the human being was the last to actually be created.

Darwin’s theory / pseudoscience

speciation: modified evolution / quantum leaps

ideasubstance

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a great leap

1million /250.000-200.000

altruisms, empathy, frontal lobes, emotional amygdala, new physiological

functions /neuronal functions


yang and yin

• a dual characteristic - sungsang-architecture / hyungsang-functions of:

• masculine and feminine

• intellect: yang-clarity / yin-vague

• emotion: yang-pleasant / yin-negative

• will: yang-creative / yin-passive

substantial


yang yin attributes

yang yin

sung-sang

intellectclarity, good memory,

distinctiveness,wittiness

vague, forgetful, unclear ideas, seriousness

sung-sang emotionpleasantness, loudness, joy,

excitement

unpleasant, quietness, sorrow, composuresung-sang

will active, aggressive, creative, carefree

passive, tolerance, conservative, careful

hyungsanghyungsangprotuberances,

protrusions, convex, front

sunken parts, orifices,

concave parts, rear

masculine-feminine / psyche-self


• individualization - individuation

• logos-eros = man + woman

• specific difference + individual image

individual image of the individual truth being


individualization / universal image

taxonomic differences


I (mind)

Subjectiveself-‐consciousness

psychology emotions memories states of mind spirituality perceptions

sensations character calling

(brain) IT Objectivebrain-‐organism-‐biology neurologysensation vision touch science: time or space empiricism

We (culture)Intersubjective

culture-‐worldview shared values

languages relationshipsart music education

the collective

(environment) ItsInter-‐objectivesocial systems networks technology government natural environmentdeep ecology

cellularprehension

instinctualsensationperception

symbol-mythconcepts

integral

atommoleculeseukaryotes

cellularneuronalneocortex

limbicbrain

familyclantribefeudalnationcorporate

value communitiesintegral commons

holistic networks

archaicmagical

godsmyth

scienceplural

holonicintegral

integral quadrants

taxonomic differences/ all levels


individual and environment• genetics and

neurons - heredity

• epigenetic factors and environment-plasticity

• self takes an active role - deep ecology


II. connected being

• what is a connected being?

• connected being from the viewpoint of structure

• connected being from the viewpoint of purpose


connected being • relatedness

• hyungsang - individual purpose

• sungsang - whole purpose

universe

galaxy

solar system

earth

molecule

atom

elementary particle

human-kind God

the great chain and synchronicity


connected being:

parentssuperiorsseniors

brothers sisters friends coworkers

followers acolytes colleagues students

children subordinates

juniors

leaders experienced collegues teachers

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social models


Logos and “attributes”

Yang-Masculine Yin-Feminine

Self - “anima and animus” individual image

anima-animus - CSG p. 1635

subject and object relatednesstemporal / spatial / systems


subject - object: systems / psyche to cosmos

cosmos universe galaxy solar system

earth earth surface

nation family

man

spirit world

universe

core

surface crust

center

galaxies

nucleus

stars

sun

planets

physicalself

cellcell

nucleus

chromosome DNA atom elementaryparticle

humankind government parents

nature people children

spirit self brain nucleus chromosomes

physical self limbs cytoplasm nucleoplasm

DNA bases nucleus principle element

proteins sugars/phosphates electrons subordinate elements


types of subject and object

• original type (everlasting)

• temporary type (transient)

• alternating type (changing +-)

• undetermined type (by decision)


subject-object: dynamic substance and function (correlative relationships - give and receive dynamics)

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a processive cosmos

• two stage structure• identity-maintaining• identity-developmental • advance into novelty


dynamics: 5 types of give and receive action

• the correlative relationship:

• bi-conscious (teacher student)

• uni-conscious (teacher chalk)

• unconscious (photosynthesis)

• heteronomous (natural law)

• contrast type (collation)

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correlative opposites: synthesis Vs the dialectic

synthesis conflict

s o

newbeing

purpose

harmony


mode of existence: circular / spiral motion

1. circular motion2. rotation and revolution3. forms of circular motion

purpose

object

union

subject

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circular motion in time - spiral


circular motion in space-time

• transformed-fixed-alternative

• spiritual circular motion

• 4. growth and developmental motion (autonomy)

• growth stages (developmental autonomy / positive psychology / flow)

purpose

teleology

growth stages time


• development emerges from contradiction

• no purposefulness other than negation

• dialectical materialism

• matter < > motion: no metaphysics or teleology

communist perspectives (motion)


modes of existence • vertical and horizontal

horizontal order

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parents

grandparents

great grandparents

vertical order

children

grandchildren

children

vertical order

galactic center

center of universe

horizontal order

sun

earth

moon

1. mercury2. venus3. earth4. mars5. jupiter 6. saturn7. uranus8. neptune9. pluto

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9


• correlativity

• purposefulness

• order/position

• harmony

• individuality/connectedness

• identity maintaining/developmental

• circular motion

7 laws of the universe

love-order-harmony


Cultureaesthetics science

virtues

intersubjective

subjective objective

Self Nature

emotion intellect

will complexity

sentient unity

logos / teleology

protoconscious mental-like qualia

social-globalConclusion:

environment-systems-archetypes-holons-autopoeitic societies
