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'Logic', in the most general sense of the term, refers to patterns of thinking which, it is hoped, preserve or display truth. Conventional, or Aristotelian, logic, does this but only as long as one is working with terms whose referents are objects (where 'object' is also being used in its most general sense, that is, whatever one can be aware of, think about, perceive,...). In nondualism one is also concerned with non-objects, and hence one needs to extend conventional logic in some way.

I will not be attempting to present a formal nondualist logic. Rather the intent is to indicate a pattern of thought which I consider to be useful to deal with problems in nondualist metaphysics. What I have attempted in these short essays is to present a way that lets one think about nondualist reality without, on the one hand, objectifying what are intrinsically not objects, and, on the other, lapsing into some sort of mysterianism.

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Tetralemmic Polarity

This employs the logic of the tetralemma (X, not X, X and not X, neither X nor not X) which traditionally is used to negate all four possibilities, but here is used to establish an ontology whose basis is conscious activity.

Divine and Local Simplicity, and the Question of Will

The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity of classical theism is here extended to all conscious activity.

Time

This applies the logic of Tetralemmic Polarity to the thorny metaphysical problem of time.

Thinking and Feeling, Language and Perception

This addresses a question left dangling in the Divine and Local Simplicity essay, namely, if thinking and feeling are essentially one, why do they appear different?

Mumorphism

A direct explication of the neologism 'mumorphism' that was introduced late in the Tetralemmic Polarity essay.

Idealism as a Response to "Postmodernism"

How idealism escapes typical postmodern critique.

How Idealism Simplifies Metaphysics

Watch typical metaphysical problems disappear.

[Note: Should you happen upon these essays and want to comment on them, the author can be found at the metakastrup.org forum, user name ScottRoberts.]