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A Thematic Compilation
The
Thematic Compilations are collections of essays on a specified topic drawn from
Avi Sion's past works.
The
Self
The Self
is an inquiry into the concepts of self, soul, person, ego, consciousness,
psyche and mind – ranging over phenomenology, logic, epistemology, ontology,
psychology, spirituality, meditation, ethics and metaphysics. This book is a
thematic compilation drawn from past works by the author over a period of
eighteen years.
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Chapter One -
Consciousness and the Mind |
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Drawn from
Future Logic (1990), chapter 61. |
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1. Consciousness is a Relation |
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2. Kinds of Consciousness |
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3. The Mind |
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4. Popular Psychology |
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Chapter Two |
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Drawn from
Buddhist Illogic (2002),
chapter 11 &
chapter 12. |
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1. Self or Soul. |
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2. Self-Knowledge. |
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Chapter Three |
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Drawn from
Phenomenology (2003),
chapter 1 (section 3) &
chapter 5 (sections
1-3, 5-6). |
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1. To Be Or Not To Be |
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2. The Self |
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3. Factors of the “Self” |
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4. Identification-With |
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5. Fallacious Criticisms of
Selfhood |
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6. What “Emptiness” Might Be |
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Chapter Four -
The Workings of Volition |
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Drawn from
Volition and Allied Causal Concepts (2004),
chapter 7. |
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1. Cultural Context and
Epistemological Considerations |
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2. Theoretical Context |
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3. Stages in the Process of
Volition |
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4. The Scope of Freewill |
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Chapter Five |
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Drawn from
Volition and Allied Causal Concepts (2004),
chapter 11 (section
3) & chapter 16. |
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1. The Ego Abhors a Vacuum |
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2. Ungluing the Mind |
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3. Abstract vs. Concrete Self |
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4. Sundry Reflections on the
Soul and God |
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Chapter Six |
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Drawn from
Meditations (2006), chapter 8 &
chapter 9. |
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1. The Individual Self in Monism |
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2. The Impression of Self |
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Chapter Seven |
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Drawn from
Meditations (2006), chapter 11,
chapter 12 &
chapter 13. |
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1. Not an Essence, but an Entity |
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2. Distinguishing the Ego |
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3. Dismissing the Ego |
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Chapter Eight |
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Drawn from
Logical and Spiritual Reflections (2008), Hume’s Problems with
Induction, chapter 5 &
chapter 11; In Defense of Aristotle’s Laws of
Thought, chapter 16. |
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1. The Self or Soul |
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2. Descartes’ Mind-Body
Dichotomy |
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3. Buddhist Denial of the Soul |
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Chapter Nine |
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Drawn from
Logical and Spiritual Reflections (2008), More Meditations,
chapter 3,
chapter 4,
chapter 7,
chapter 10 &
chapter 11; Zen Judaism,
chapter 8 (part). |
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1. Self Awareness |
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2. Meditation on the Self |
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3. Behold the Mind |
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4. The Buddhist No-Soul Theory |
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5. Self and Enlightenment |
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