Questions · Ultimacy & Structural Comparison

If a philosophy claims to have reached the “ultimate,” how can we judge whether it has truly left no final fixed point?

Direct answer

A claim to ultimacy does not replace a structural test: can necessary recognition, a final witness or an untouchable name be removed without collapse? Chapters 8 and 21 of Being address recognition and the status of the name. No philosophy wins by assertion alone.

Further explanation

This is an external research method, not a grading scheme claimed by Being or Becoming for all traditions. Compare each text’s complete trajectory and irreducible functions from reliable sources. Being is itself a test case, not an automatic winner by self-description.

Page purpose

This is a structural-comparison entry point, not a ranking of philosophies; the page should connect Self-release, observer, being, becoming, the cognitive-mediation deletion test, the Final Remainder Test, and the related 1:1 comparison pages.

Core concepts

Primary sources

《在》第 8、21 章

Conclusions that must not be drawn

This is a research method for structural comparison, not a universal ranking asserted by Being or Becoming.

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