ontology (unification thought)
DESCRIPTION
Ontology is predicated to the creative principle of Logos. It defines self as a mirror image of the heart of Logos. Ontology is therefore a theory of resemblance. The first six slides are by way of introduction. The sixth is a revision of Logos. I have included a very brief review of psychological proposals such as the Imago Dei and the Jungian, Christ archetype, which are particularly relevant to Ontology. Following from that, models or proposals of a true self made by James Hillman, Michael Fordham, Donald Winnicott and George Hagman, etc, are likewise pertinent to the subject. However from slide seven the presentation follows the text of Unification Thought. A link to the text can be found on slide four. Much of Ontology is expressed as systems theory so self and community are compared to general systems thinking. Work in paleopsychology, Ken Wilber's AQAL model of the self (see an adaption on slide 15) and work done by Niklas Luhmann on social systems and communication, also address the field of Ontology. A fuller presentation embracing a wide field of inter-disciplinary work will soon be available.TRANSCRIPT
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ontology
derek dey
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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
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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
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ontologyindex:
• basic assumptions
• universal image
• subject and object
• individual image of the individual truth body
• connected body
• position of existence
• law of the universe
http://www.unification-thought.org/neut/Neut02.html
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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
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ontology: predicated to Logos
• logos expressed as logos-eros
• likeness
• gender specific-individuated
• ecology
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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
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a panpsychic proposal
sungsang
hyungsang
the great chain of being
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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
?
a great leap
1million /250.000-200.000
altruisms, empathy, frontal lobes, emotional amygdala, new physiological
functions /neuronal functions
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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
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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
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• individualization - individuation
• logos-eros = man + woman
• specific difference + individual image
individual image of the individual truth being
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individualization / universal image
taxonomic differences
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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
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individual and environment• genetics and
neurons - heredity
• epigenetic factors and environment-plasticity
• self takes an active role - deep ecology
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II. connected being
• what is a connected being?
• connected being from the viewpoint of structure
• connected being from the viewpoint of purpose
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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
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connected being:
parentssuperiorsseniors
brothers sisters friends coworkers
followers acolytes colleagues students
children subordinates
juniors
leaders experienced collegues teachers
I
6 relationships
social models
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Logos and “attributes”
Yang-Masculine Yin-Feminine
Self - “anima and animus” individual image
anima-animus - CSG p. 1635
subject and object relatednesstemporal / spatial / systems
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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
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types of subject and object
• original type (everlasting)
• temporary type (transient)
• alternating type (changing +-)
• undetermined type (by decision)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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• development emerges from contradiction
• no purposefulness other than negation
• dialectical materialism
• matter < > motion: no metaphysics or teleology
communist perspectives (motion)
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modes of existence • vertical and horizontal
horizontal order
1
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
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• correlativity
• purposefulness
• order/position
• harmony
• individuality/connectedness
• identity maintaining/developmental
• circular motion
7 laws of the universe
love-order-harmony
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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
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