I would comment on two tracks - cosmology, and anthropology. There are issues with the Big Bang which I will not elaborate other than to suggest a ?question mark? be added to it. Nothing(God) - Big Bang- order- linear time line- chais - entropy- heat death vs Eternal Source/energy & space - time/change - chaos- cycles - creative evolution- organization - order - consciousness Some form of discussion or recognition of different perspectives could be useful. On a shorter time scale of Anthropology Dropping the linear progress time line for cycles of evolutionary development and periodic catastrophe, movement and redevelopment I think is important. Climate change is an ongoing process, not new. We’ve had it easy for 3500 years. I have a graphic connected to this, the last 130,000 years, on Substack with lots of papers cited. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__themysteriousdeepblack.substack.com_p_anthropology-2Dtimeline-3Futm-5Fsource-3Durl&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=tKOqtJGXyLC7FgqQGspx-zJqoc10cGob9Z43nTLq0cg&s=uGClSAOnSKkOutugbPy5prsT_7CEsEw_HopmZk0_9DQ&e= Cheers Tim On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 7:19 AM lee simplyquality.org <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > *CAUTION: *This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links > or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is > safe. > ------------------------------ > Gregg, > Thanks for this. > The idea of slices through big history is intriguing. > You mentioned Behavior and technology as maps of the territory. > I can imagine analogous maps concentrating on governance, economies, > social organization, land management (and ownership), mythology, family > life, leisure time, sexual practices, etc. > Repressing an integrated and accessible view of the information will be a > challenge and a great opportunity. > In the idea incubator I have previously suggested “Wiki Mural and The Big > History Timeline”. > See: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikiversity.org_wiki_The-5FIdea-5FIncubator_Wiki-5FMural-5Fand-5FThe-5FBig-5FHistory-5FTimeline&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=tKOqtJGXyLC7FgqQGspx-zJqoc10cGob9Z43nTLq0cg&s=ILLG6gmJ3kNnz-VnbG8YEsDI583qbYO3sVaFhJe--Vg&e= > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikiversity.org_wiki_The-5FIdea-5FIncubator_Wiki-5FMural-5Fand-5FThe-5FBig-5FHistory-5FTimeline&d=DwMGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=7FDGJMqj3sCuajL_4A_gQLKA7445DSVm13f-LXcAlUw&s=WVbeAfApLf68rCPNuMMKz2Q47LvD27WW_lDv1_jANFE&e=> > Imagine being able to navigate through the three dimensions of time, > geography, and “slices” with an interactive visualization that allows the > user to zoom in to see detail or out to see perspective. > > It would be important for this to be carefully integrated. For example a > single ontology would be at the core of the data representation. This would > demonstrate consiliance and stimulate a unification of vocabulary. > > Thanks, > > Lee Beaumont > > > > On Feb 22, 2022, at 5:39 AM, Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Hi TOK Folks, > I joined a Big History (BH) Research group and was invited to present on > the ToK System model. It was a productive meeting as we were sharing > different maps of BH. I thought I would share my note to the group here to > give a flavor of what emerged. The idea of a coordinated attempt to > systematically arrange the various maps of BH in proper relation has appeal > to me. > > >>> > > Thanks, Dave and David. > > I enjoyed the meeting. I have a few thoughts. First, I would be interested > to see if everyone would be in agreement, as it sounded like they might, > that Big History represented thinking of the universe (or cosmic evolution) > on the dimensions of time (Big Bang/Big Beginning to Present) and > complexity. If so, that would be a potentially interesting joint statement. > > Second, I found myself wondering if people would agree that the various > approaches and representations can be thought of as maps of that territory. > If so, then we can frame the interrelations as different maps that have > different legends. > > The “legend” that the Tree of Knowledge System, and its extension the > Periodic Table of Behavior, operates on is “behavioral complexification.” > That is, the ToK System represents and unfolding wave of behavioral > complexification across time, which is defined by that increasing > integration-differentiation of part-whole-group relations. The ToK System > posits that nature is stratified into both these levels (i.e., Matter is > organized into particles, atoms, and groups of atoms (molecules) across > scale) and that there are dimensions of complexification that give rise to > new complex adaptive planes of existence (i.e., Life, Mind, and Culture). > These planes of existence are organized patterns of behavior that exhibit > functional awareness and responsivity in qualitatively different ways as a > function of novel information processing systems and communication > networks. That is, cells, animals and persons behave qualitatively > differently from inanimate matter as a function of evolving adaptive > complexity that arise from the variation, selection, and retention feedback > loops. The Periodic Table of Behavior shows how to arranged the stratified > layers of nature into a 3 levels (parts, whole, groups across scale) by 4 > dimensions of complexification (Matter, Life, Mind, and Culture). The ToK > System and PTB extension thus give us a map of Big History that is focused > on the stratified layers of nature framed in terms of behavior and > complexification. It is argued that this onto-epistemology is a primary > “language game” of natural science. That is, natural science is concerned > with obtaining an ontological map of nature via an exterior empirical > epistemological frame that is structured to “see” complexity and change > (see E O Wilson’s Consilience). > > The ToK System is a map that is explicitly structured to deal with the > problem of psychology. That is, the field of scientific psychology > completely lacks a coherent definition and subject matter. My overall > system, the Unified Theory Of Knowledge, of which the ToK System is a key > idea, argues that this failure or problem is cause by a deep > scientific/philosophical set of problems that arose during the > Enlightenment, which I call the Enlightenment Gap. The EG refers to the > fact that the Enlightenment failed to produce a coherent synthetic > philosophy (or descriptive metaphysical system) that effectively framed the > proper ontological relations between matter and mind (i.e., the mind-body > problem) and the proper epistemological relations between scientific and > subjective and social knowing (which can be seen in the postmodern critique > of the modern science sensibility). The UTOK is structured to resolve the > EG and solve the problem of psychology in a way that addresses the nature > and function of the human psyche consistent with the insights of modern > psychotherapy. > > I share this to help this group situate what I am doing with UTOK in > general, and the ToK System/PTB in particular. I offer this as an example > of what I mean by framing different approaches to Big History via the > shared time by complexity cosmic evolutionary frame and by the more > specific point that there will be different maps of BH that are structured > to address different kinds of problems. The ToK System/PTB is designed to > give rise to a descriptive metaphysical system that is up to the task of > solving the problem of psychology. I would be curious about other > approaches and if other authors see their works as maps designed to address > a particular aspect of our understanding of BH. If so, a collection of such > maps, with clarity about what they are getting at and their interrelations > would be fascinating. To give one example of clarification, the ToK System > is about “naturalistic evolutionary processes” meaning that it does NOT > represented human technology explicitly. There are reasons for that, but, > of course, many BH maps would include human technology and > society/civilization more explicitly. 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