The Substrate
  1. Volume I: The Unit
  2. Part I: The Human Unit
  • The Substrate
  • Prologue
  • Volume I: The Unit
    • Volume I: The Unit
    • Introduction: The Question
    • On Stacked Processes
    • Part I: The Human Unit
    • On the Mind and the Body
    • On the Mind and the External World
    • Part II: Descent — The Quark
    • Part III: The Subatomic
    • Part IV: The Atom
    • Part V: The Molecule
    • Part VI: The Cell
    • Part VII: The Organ
    • Part VIII: The Organism
    • Part IX: Return — The Common Structure
    • Epilogue: The Next Unit
  • Volume II: The Law
    • Volume II: The Law
    • On Success and Fulfillment of Life
    • On the Laws of Nature for Humans
    • On the Pursuit of Knowledge, Power, and Freedom
  • Volume III: The Aggregate
    • Volume III: The Aggregate
  • Volume IV: The Emergence
    • Volume IV: The Emergence
    • The Essence of Creation
❖ Work in Progress — This is an open draft. Sections are incomplete. Arguments are still forming. ❖
  1. Volume I: The Unit
  2. Part I: The Human Unit

Part I: The Human Unit

The self as the unit known from the inside. Consciousness, perception, the boundary between self and world. What makes a human a unit rather than a collection of parts. The self as process-containing-thing. What the traditions say about the soul, the nafs, the atman.

On Stacked Processes
On the Mind and the Body