THE FIVE-STEP METHOD IN TERMS OF CORE STOICISM MIND MAP OF THE INTEGRATED METHOD

 

THE FIVE-STEP METHOD IN TERMS OF CORE STOICISM
MIND MAP OF THE INTEGRATED METHOD


The Five-Step Method in Terms of Core Stoicism

IMPRESSION
│
├─ ORIGIN-OF-DESIRE
│   ├─ Pre-assent-judgment (Th-7)
│   ├─ Formatted-not-neutral
│   ├─ Already-evaluative-structure
│   └─ Judgment-generating-desire
│
├─ EVALUATIVE-STRUCTURE
│   ├─ Harm-is-evil (value-judgment)
│   ├─ Harm-occurred (fact-judgment)
│   └─ Evil-occurred-to-me (conclusion)
│
├─ CORRESPONDENCE-CLAIMS
│   ├─ Factual-reality-claim
│   ├─ Moral-reality-claim
│   └─ External-possesses-evil (Th-10-violation)
│
└─ PHENOMENOLOGICAL-AUTHORITY
    ├─ Presents-as-reality
    ├─ Not-as-claim
    ├─ Automatic-assent-default
    └─ Representation-masquerading-as-real

RECOGNITION
│
├─ TRIPLE-SEPARATION
│   ├─ External-event (not-controlled)
│   ├─ Impression (representation)
│   └─ Prohairesis (rational-faculty)
│
├─ OPERATIONALIZES-TH-6
│   ├─ Beliefs-in-control
│   ├─ Will-in-control
│   ├─ Assent-controllable
│   └─ Refusal-controllable
│
├─ REVEALS-JUDGMENT-STRUCTURE
│   ├─ Already-Th-7-judgment
│   ├─ Not-pre-judgmental
│   ├─ Harm-evil-in-external
│   └─ Desire-generation-visible
│
└─ CREATES-LOGICAL-SPACE
    ├─ Enables-Th-12-application
    ├─ External-cannot-be-evil
    ├─ Separates-claim-from-claimed
    └─ Representation-not-reality

PAUSE
│
├─ SUSPENDS-AUTOMATIC-MOVEMENT
│   ├─ Impression-to-assent-interrupted
│   ├─ Judgment-to-desire-blocked
│   ├─ Evil-judgment-halted (Th-7)
│   └─ Defensive-desire-prevented
│
├─ TH-8-BECOMES-REAL
│   ├─ Desires-in-control
│   ├─ Caused-by-judgments (Th-7)
│   ├─ Judgments-controllable (Th-6)
│   └─ Experiential-manifestation
│
├─ INTERRUPTS-UNHAPPINESS-CHAIN
│   ├─ Th-3: desire-outcome-gap
│   ├─ Th-4: uncontrolled-desire-vulnerability
│   ├─ Chain-broken
│   └─ Impression→assent→judgment→desire→unhappiness
│
├─ DEMONSTRATES-GENUINE-CONTROL
│   ├─ Th-6-made-concrete
│   ├─ Abstract-to-actual
│   ├─ Assent-withholdable
│   └─ Body-reacts-mind-chooses
│
└─ ENABLES-TH-2
    ├─ Complete-happiness-achievable
    ├─ Th-5: irrational-to-desire-externals
    ├─ Control-exercised-here
    └─ Incomplete-to-complete-possible

EXAMINATION
│
├─ FOUNDATIONAL-STRUCTURE-APPLICATION
│   ├─ Th-10: virtue-good-vice-evil-only
│   ├─ Th-11: virtue-vice-in-control
│   ├─ Th-12: externals-never-good-evil
│   └─ Tests-impression-claim
│
├─ CORRESPONDENCE-TEST
│   ├─ Impression-says: external-is-evil
│   ├─ Reality-says: only-vice-evil
│   ├─ Claims-do-not-match
│   └─ False-by-Th-10-12
│
├─ REVEALS-FALSE-JUDGMENT
│   ├─ Th-13: desiring-externals-irrational
│   ├─ False-judgment-exposed
│   ├─ External-judged-evil (impossible)
│   └─ Assent-would-be-irrational
│
├─ IMPLEMENTS-TH-14
│   ├─ Value-only-virtue
│   ├─ Judge-truly
│   ├─ Immune-to-unhappiness
│   └─ Mechanism-of-true-judgment
│
└─ DISTINGUISHES-PREFERENCE-FROM-VALUE
    ├─ Th-25-26: appropriate-objects
    ├─ Preferred-not-good
    ├─ Preference-vs-false-value
    └─ Th-28-29: pursue-without-desiring-outcome

DECISION
│
├─ CHOICE-POINT
│   ├─ Assent-to-truth
│   ├─ Assent-to-falsehood
│   ├─ Th-6: choice-in-control
│   └─ Th-15: judge-virtue-good-desire-it
│
├─ REFUSAL-AS-VIRTUE
│   ├─ Th-27: virtue-rational-will
│   ├─ Th-13: externals-evil-irrational
│   ├─ Refuse-false-claim
│   └─ Rational-therefore-virtuous
│
├─ REFUSES-EXTERNAL-DESIRE
│   ├─ Th-28: external-desire-not-virtuous
│   ├─ No-desire-for-respect
│   ├─ No-desire-for-safe-driving
│   └─ Th-29: pursue-not-desire-outcome
│
├─ ENACTS-TH-14
│   ├─ Value-only-virtue
│   ├─ Correct-judgment-chosen
│   ├─ Over-emotional-satisfaction
│   └─ Control-exercised (Th-6-11)
│
├─ PRODUCES-POSITIVE-FEELING
│   ├─ Th-16: desire-achieve-positive-feeling
│   ├─ Desired-virtue
│   ├─ Achieved-virtue
│   └─ Th-17: correct-judge-will-positive-feeling
│
├─ ELIMINATES-UNHAPPINESS
│   ├─ Th-3: desire-outcome-gap-unhappiness
│   ├─ No-external-desire
│   ├─ Only-virtue-desired
│   └─ Th-4-5: no-uncontrolled-desire
│
└─ PROVES-TH-2*
    ├─ Complete-happiness-possible
    ├─ External-occurred
    ├─ No-unhappiness
    ├─ Valued-only-virtue (Th-14)
    ├─ Achieved-through-judgment
    └─ Happiness-uninterrupted-by-externals

COMPLETE-INTEGRATION
│
├─ IMPRESSION
│   └─ Reveals-Th-7
│       ├─ Desires-from-judgments
│       └─ Impressions-are-judgments
│
├─ RECOGNITION
│   └─ Implements-Th-6
│       ├─ Judgment-in-control
│       └─ External-not-in-control
│
├─ PAUSE
│   └─ Implements-Th-8
│       ├─ Desires-in-control
│       └─ Control-judgments-control-desires
│
├─ EXAMINATION
│   └─ Implements-Th-10-14
│       ├─ Only-virtue-vice-good-evil
│       └─ Exposes-false-judgments
│
├─ DECISION
│   └─ Implements-Th-14-17-27-29
│       ├─ Value-only-virtue
│       ├─ Rational-acts-of-will
│       ├─ Achieve-desired-virtue
│       └─ Appropriate-positive-feeling
│
└─ FINAL-PROOF
    ├─ Th-1: everyone-wants-happiness
    ├─ Th-2: complete-over-incomplete-rational
    ├─ Th-2*: complete-happiness-possible
    ├─ Method: recognition-pause-examination-decision
    ├─ Result: judge-correctly
    ├─ Guarantee: continual-uninterrupted-happiness
    └─ Condition: value-only-virtue