The Cosmology of Freedom Book

	Preface to the New Edition
	Preface
1	Freedom as an Intellectual Problem	3
	The Task	3
	The Hypothesis	6
	Abstractions	16
	Freedom and Theory	21
2	The Cosmological Scheme	30
	Metaphysical Categories	30
	Cosmological Categories	34
	Individuals	40
3	A General Theory of Value	52
	The Dialectical Question of Value	55
	Participation	63
	Aristotelian Criticism and the Paradoxes of Participation	73
	Experiential Evidence	79
4	External Liberties	91
	Internal and External	93
	Prehension	101
	Discursive Individuals	104
	Organisms and Persons	110
	External Liberties	115
5	Intentional Action	116
	Freedom and Free Will	116
	Causation	120
	Will	125
	Intentionality	130
6	Free Choice	136
	Determinism and Alternatives for Choice	136
	Possibilities and Potentialities	140
	Responsibility	147
	Determinism and Conditions of Choice	150
	Decision	163
	Reasons	166
7	Freedom in Creativity	174
	The Discernment of Values	174
	Normative Invention	184
	Creativity and Personal Freedom	192
8	Freedom of Opportunity	211
	Social Values	211
	Values, Rights, and Freedoms	220
	Freedom to Participate in Culture	226
	Freedom to Participate in Organized Society	241
	Freedom of Historical Action	250
9	Freedom of Social Pluralism	255
	The Public and the Private	255
	Dewey's Public and McLuhan's Media	263
	The Environment - Creativity Thesis	271
	The Right to Privacy	282
	Social Pluralism	289
10	Freedom of Integral Social Life	293
	Social Conditions	293
	Social Meaning	301
	Social Change, Revolution, and New Sensibilities	313
	A Pluralistic Style of Integral Social Life	321
11	Freedom of Political Life	334
	The Principle of Participatory Democracy	334
	Power, Conflict, and Social Change	343
	Wisdom, Authority, and Expertise	346
	Institutions and Government	357
	The Limits of Freedom	362
	Bibliographical Essay	371
	Index	379