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| Part
I. Actual Categoricals |
THE
LOGIC OF CAUSATION |
1. Introduction |
| 1.
Introduction |
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2. Adductive
Logic in the Torah |
| 2.
Foundations |
Abstract |
3. The
Formalities of A-Fortiori Logic |
| 3.
Logical Relations |
Table
of Contents |
4. Qal
VaChomer |
| 4.
Words and Things |
Chapters |
5. Revised
List of Biblical A-Fortiori |
| 5.
Propositions |
Phase
One: Macroanalysis |
6. The
Language of Biblical A-Fortiori |
| 6.
Oppositions |
1.
The Paradigm of Causation |
7. Without
Prejudice |
| 7.
Eductions |
2.
The Generic Determinations |
8. Initial
Impressions |
| 8.
Syllogisms: Definitions |
3.
The Specific Determinations |
9. Traditional
Teachings |
| 9.
Syllogisms: Applications |
4.
Immediate Inferences |
10. The
Thirteen Midot (I) |
| 10.
Syllogisms: Validations |
5.
Causative Syllogism |
11. The
Thirteen Midot (II) |
| Part
II. Modal Categoricals |
6.
Lists of Positive Moods |
12. The
Sinai Connection. |
| 11.
Modality: Categories and Types |
7.
Reduction of Positive Moods |
13. On
the Concept of Mitzvah |
| 12.
Sources of Modality |
8.
Matricial Analyses |
14. Logical
Aspects of Emunah |
| 13.
Modal Propositions |
9.
Squeezing Out More Information |
15. Epilogue |
| 14.
Modal Oppositions and Eductions |
10.
Wrapping Up Phase One |
Appendices |
| 15.
Main Modal Syllogisms |
Phase
Two: Microanalysis |
Addenda |
| 16.
Other Modal Syllogisms |
11.
Piecemeal Microanalysis |
Diagrams |
| 17.
Transitive Categoricals |
12.
Systematic Microanalysis |
Allied
Works |
| 18.
Permutation |
13.
Some More Microanalyses |
Jewish
Logic: A Brief History and Evaluation |
| 19.
More About Quantity |
14.
Main Three-Item Syllogisms |
Le
raisonnement talmudique |
| Part
III. Logical Conditioning |
15.
Some More Three-Item Syllogisms |
Islamic
Logic |
| 20.
Credibility |
16.
Outstanding Issues |
Order
the Slatkine Edition of Judaic Logic |
| 21.
Logical Modality |
Epilogue
- To Be Continued |
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| 22.
Contextuality |
Appendices |
MEDITATIONS |
| 23.
Conjunction |
1.
J.S. Mill's Methods |
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| 24.
Hypothetical Propositions |
2.
Grand Matrices |
Abstract |
| 25.
Hypotheticals: Oppositions and Eductions |
References |
Table
of Contents |
| 26.
Disjunction |
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Chapters |
| 27.
Intricate Logic |
VOLITION & ALLIED CAUSAL CONCEPTS |
Part
1: Some Theoretical Considerations |
| 28.
Logical Compositions |
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1.
What is meditation? |
| 29.
Hypothetical Syllogism and Production |
Abstract |
2.
Thought and meditation |
| 30.
Logical Apodosis and Dilemma |
Table
of Contents |
3.
The goals of meditation |
| 31.
Paradoxes |
Chapters |
4.
Theory and practice |
| 32.
Double Paradoxes |
1.
Basic Causal Relations |
5.
Interpretations |
| Part
IV. De Re Conditioning |
2.
Interactions between Volition and Causation |
6.
The coexistence of the One and the many |
| 33.
Conditional Propositions |
3.
Further Analysis of Volition |
7.
Methods and experiences |
| 34.
Natural Conditionals: Features |
4.
Consciousness and Responsibility |
Part
2: Understanding The Self |
| 35.
Natural Conditionals: Oppositions, Eductions |
5.
Influence and Freedom |
8.
The individual self in Monism |
| 36.
Natural Conditional Syllogism and Production |
6.
Further Analysis of Influence |
9.
The impression of self |
| 37.
Natural Apodosis and Dilemma |
7.
The Workings of Volition |
10.
Impermanence: the concept and the principle |
| 38.
Temporal Conditionals |
8.
Volition and the Special Sciences |
11.
Not an essence, but an entity |
| 39.
Extensionals: Features, Oppositions, Eductions |
9.
Will, Velleity and Whim |
12.
Distinguishing the ego |
| 40.
Extensional Conditional Deduction |
10.
Affections and Appetites |
13.
Dismissing the ego |
| 41.
Modalities of Subsumption |
11.
Complications of Influence |
14.
Relief from suffering |
| 42.
Condensed Propositions |
12.
Urges and Impulses |
Part
3: Some Behavioral Disciplines |
| Part
V(a). Class-Logic |
13.
The Quasi-Purposive in Nature |
15.
Taking up the challenge |
| 43.
The Logic of Classes |
14.
Concepts of Evolution |
16.
Face facts with equanimity |
| 44.
Hierarchies and Orders |
15.
More about Evolution |
17.
Stop substance addictions |
| 45.
Illicit Processes in Class Logic |
16.
The Self |
18.
Don’t stuff yourself silly |
| Part
V(b). Adduction |
17.
Some Topics in Deontology |
19.
Limit input from the media |
| 46.
Adduction |
18.
More Topics in Deontology |
20.
Forget your face |
| 47.
Theory Formation |
Appendixes |
21.
Give up sensuality |
| 48.
Theory Selection |
References |
22.
On “sexual liberation” |
| 49.
Synthetic Logic |
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23.
Practice non-attachment |
| Part
VI. Factorial Induction |
LOGICAL
AND SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS |
Part
4: Some Sitting Meditations |
| 50.
Actual Induction |
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24.
Time, place and posture |
| 51.
Elements and Compounds |
Abstract |
25.
Observe the mechanisms of thought |
| 52.
Fractions and Integers |
Table
of Contents |
26.
Stop unnecessary thinking |
| 53.
Factorial Analysis |
Chapters |
27.
Dealing with distractions |
| 54.
Modal Induction |
Part
I - Logical Reflections |
28.
Sitting forgetting |
| 55.
Factor Selection |
Book
1. Hume’s Problems with Induction |
29.
Breath awareness |
| 56.
Applied Factor Selection |
1.
Hume’s “problem of induction” |
30.
Being here and now |
| 57.
Formula Revision |
2.
The principle of induction |
31.
With or without a self |
| 58.
Gross Formula Revision |
3.
Causation, necessity and connection |
32.
Whether mind or matter |
| 59.
Factorial Formula Revision |
4.
The psychology of induction |
33.
Already there |
| Part
VII. Perspectives |
5.
The self or soul |
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| 60.
Phenomena |
6.
Freewill |
LOGICAL
AND SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS |
| 61.
Consciousness and The Mind |
7.
The is-ought dichotomy |
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| 62.
Perception and Recognition |
8.
Hempel's paradox of confirmation |
Abstract |
| 63.
Past Logic |
9.
Goodman’s paradox of prediction |
Table
of Contents |
| 64.
Critique of Modern Logic |
10.
The induction of induction |
Chapters |
| 65.
Developments in Tropology |
11.
Descartes’ mind-body dichotomy |
Part
II - Spiritual Reflections |
| 66.
Metalogic |
12.
Some further remarks on causal logic |
Book
4. More Meditations |
| 67.
Inductive Logic |
Book
2. A Short Critique of Kant’s Unreason |
1.
Go directly and keep going |
| 68.
Future Logic |
1.
Kant’s transcendental reality |
2.
Breath and thought awareness |
| References |
2.
The analytic-synthetic dichotomy |
3.
Self awareness |
| Appendix:
On Factorial Analysis |
3.
Theory of knowledge |
4.
Meditation on the self |
| Introduction |
4.
Experience, space and time |
5.
Various remarks on meditation |
| 1st
segment of table (F1-F21) |
5.
Kant’s “categories” |
6.
Mental health |
| 2nd
segment of table (F22-F42) |
6.
Ratiocinations |
7.
Behold the mind |
| 3rd
segment of table (F43-F63) |
7.
How numbers arise |
8.
The four foundations and the core practice |
| Suggested
minimal reading |
8.
Geometrical logic |
9.
Transcending suffering and karma |
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Book
3. In Defense of Aristotle’s Laws of Thought |
10.
Behold the soul |
|
PHENOMENOLOGY |
1.
Logicians have to introspect |
11.
The Buddhist no-soul theory |
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2.
The primacy of the laws of thought |
12.
Buddhist historicity |
| Abstract |
3.
The ontological status of the laws |
13.
About Buddhist idolatry |
| Table
of Contents |
4.
Fuzzy logic |
14.
Buddhist messianism |
| Figures
1-4 |
5.
Misrepresentation of Aristotle |
15.
Assimilating Buddhism |
| Chapters |
6.
Not on the geometrical model |
Book
5. Zen Judaism |
| 1.
What, Why and How |
7.
A poisonous brew |
1.
The idea of God |
| 2.
Organizing Principles |
8.
The game of one-upmanship |
2.
The idea of Creation |
| 3.
Experiences and Abstractions |
9.
In Buddhist discourse |
3.
Two acts of faith |
| 4.
Conceptualization |
10.
Calling what is not a spade a spade |
4.
The Torah account |
| 5.
The Self |
11.
Buddhist causation theory |
5.
The practice of faith |
| 6.
Additional Topics |
12.
A formal logic of change |
6.
On Biblical commentary |
| 7.
The Active Role of Logic |
13.
Buddhist critique of change |
7.
On the Biblical text |
| 8.
Epistemological Issues in Mathematics |
14.
Different strata of knowledge |
8.
Tradition vs. innovation |
| 9.
Theology Without Prejudice |
15.
Impermanence |
9.
The rabbinical estate |
| References |
16.
Buddhist denial of the soul |
10.
Judaic illogic |
| Appendices |
17.
The status of sense perceptions |
11.
Jewish meditation |
| 1
- Using Meditation |
18.
The status of dreams and daydreams |
12.
The value of Enlightenment |
| 2
- Feelings of Emptiness |
19.
The status of conceptions |
13.
Against idolatry |
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20.
The laws of thought in meditation |
14.
Discriminating between good and bad |
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RUMINATIONS |
21.
Reason and spirituality |
15.
The good man |
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16.
A world of mercy |
| Abstract |
BUDDHIST
ILLOGIC |
17.
Understanding injustice |
| Table
of Contents |
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18.
Forgiveness |
| Chapters |
Abstract |
19.
The consequences of actions |
| Part
I: Logic Notes |
Table
of Contents |
20.
The concept of karma |
| 1.
About the Laws of Thought |
Chapters |
Book
6. No to Sodom |
| 2.
About Induction |
Foreword |
1.
Picking up the gauntlet |
| 3.
About Words |
1.
The Tetralemma |
2.
Homosexuals defined |
| 4.
About Formal Logic |
2.
Neither Real Nor Unreal |
3.
Homosexual tendencies |
| 5.
About Paradoxes |
3.
Nagarjuna's Use of Dilemma |
4.
The biological role of sex |
| 6.
About "Modern Logic" |
4.
The Subject-Predicate Relation |
5.
Non-reproductive sex |
| 7.
About Cognitive Development |
5.
Percepts and Concepts |
6.
Deviance and suffering |
| 8.
About Causal Logic |
6.
Motion and Rest |
7.
Some probable causes |
| 9.
About Negation |
7.
Causality |
8.
Changing rationalizations |
| Part
II: More Logic Notes and Essays |
8.
Co-Dependence |
9.
It is freely chosen |
| 1.
J.S. Mill's Methods |
9.
Karmic Law |
10.
Sensuality and perversion |
| 2.
Addenda to Judaic Logic |
10.
God and Creation |
11.
Spiritual impurity |
| 3.
Diagrams for Judaic Logic |
11.
Self or Soul |
12.
The essence of sodomy |
| 4.
Jewish Logic: A Brief History and Evaluation |
12.
Self-Knowledge |
13.
A social revolution |
| 5.
Islamic Logic |
Not
'Empty Logic', but Empty of Logic |
14.
The defenders and promoters of homosexuality |
| 6.
Logical Aspects of Foucault's "Archeology" |
Appendices |
15.
Some legal issues |
| 7.
Comments on 3 chapters of Foucault |
1.
Fallacies in Nagarjuna's Work |
16.
A call for recovery |
| 8.
Bolzano's Semantics Concepts |
2.
Brief Glossary of Some Basic Concepts |
17.
(ANNEX) The Rabbis must ban homosexuals from Judaism |
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