Hi List,
  There was an interesting exchange on Alexander Bard's list on what was termed "vectors of emergence". It turned out that a few weeks ago, I was brainstorming with that idea. Attached is the pp I generated a few weeks ago, that happened to be called "Vectors of Emergence." For those who are following my language system, the iQuad concept is my representation of the "digital singularity" at the fifth joint point.

Here is how I described it on the other list:

  The Tree of Knowledge System is an emergent naturalist metaphysical approach to the empirical universe. Aligning with modern science, it describes the universe as an unfolding wave of behavioral complexity, and it follows from this that behavior, complexity, change, emergence are all central, foundational concepts that we use to map the universe. The ToK argues that there are four "Great" emergences. Matter from Energy, Life from Matter, Mind from Life, and Culture from Mind. The metaphysics of the ToK gives rise to what I call "The Periodic Table of Behavior" which is a taxonomy of behavioral kinds (i.e., kinds of behaviors in the universe that we can empirically study from a modern science perspective).  A new feature of the ToK/PTB is that it divides complexity into both levels and dimensions, rather than a single dimension.

Best,
Gregg


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