Overview by Timothy Rogers
In this paper, I trace the three-fold essence of “return”—a generating trope of identity and diff... more In this paper, I trace the three-fold essence of “return”—a generating trope of identity and difference, through which formal aspects of the theory of relativity, the movement of language and emergence in evolution might converge. The trope of return is contrasted with the more common two-fold structure of relatedness underwriting differential calculus, propositional semantics and reductionism, which privileges space over time, identity over difference, self over creation.
With creation ex nihilo, light becomes the primal source of space, time, matter and form, such th... more With creation ex nihilo, light becomes the primal source of space, time, matter and form, such that the unity of the cosmos (and humanity) can no longer be said to rest in itself.
Work in progress by Timothy Rogers
A speculative exploration of the distinction between a relational formal ontology and a classical... more A speculative exploration of the distinction between a relational formal ontology and a classical formal ontology for modelling phenomena in nature that exhibit relationally-mediated wholism, such as phenomena from quantum physics and biosemiotics. Whereas a classical formal ontology is based on mathematical objects and classes, a relational formal ontology is based on mathematical signs and categories. A relational formal ontology involves nodal networks (systems of constrained iterative processes) that are dynamically sustained through signalling. The nodal networks are hierarchically ordered and exhibit characteristics of deep learning.
An exploration of the metaphysics of categories, relations and signs.
Suppose we find ourselves at the end of "the age of modernity". Let this parabolic étude be a med... more Suppose we find ourselves at the end of "the age of modernity". Let this parabolic étude be a meditation on that end.
Book by Timothy Rogers
This workbook of "études" offers a collection of experimental texts for communal dialogue and dis... more This workbook of "études" offers a collection of experimental texts for communal dialogue and discovery that crosses multiple academic disciplines, including: foundations of physics, metaphysics, theoretical biology, semiotics, cognitive science, linguistics, phenomenology, information theory, logic & mathematics, poetry and theology. Each étude probes limits, horizons and boundaries by implicitly bringing into relation foundational issues that characterize different academic disciplines or systems of meaning formation. Some formal techniques are deployed the études. Most notable is the use of the “logic of three” to overcome falsely totalizing images and inexorable dualities. This technique involves a particular kind of attunement to the “betweenness” of mediation that is not common in modern science. The attunement draws on the formal and precise movements of analysis in concert with the metaphoric and singular movements of synthesis.
a composite poem as companion to a collection of philosophical études
Philosophy of Physics by Timothy Rogers
A deconstruction of the implicit notion of Absolute space that dominates modern physics. The deco... more A deconstruction of the implicit notion of Absolute space that dominates modern physics. The deconstruction is enacted by juxtaposing the common notion of Absolute space abstracted from Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica with Levinas’ particular present treatment of space in Otherwise than Being: Or Beyond Essence.
Triadic (systemical) logic can provide an interpretive paradigm for understanding how quantum ind... more Triadic (systemical) logic can provide an interpretive paradigm for understanding how quantum indeterminacy is a consequence of the formal nature of light in relativity theory. This interpretive paradigm is coherent and constitutionally open to ethical and theological interests.
In this statement:
(1) Triadic logic refers to a formal pattern that describes systemic (collaborative) processes involving signs that mediate between interiority (individuation) and exteriority (generalized worldview or Umwelt). It is also called systemical logic or the logic of relatives. The term "triadic logic" emphasizes that this logic involves mediation of dualities through an irreducibly triadic formalism. The term "systemical logic" emphasizes that this logic applies to systems in contrast to traditional binary logic which applies to classes. The term "logic of relatives" emphasizes that this logic is background independent (in the sense discussed by Smolin ).
(2) An interpretive paradigm refers to a way of thinking that generates an understanding through concepts, their inter-relationships and their connections with experience.
(3) Coherence refers to holistic integrity or continuity in the meaning of concepts that form an interpretation or understanding.
(4) Constitutionally open refers to an inherent dependence in principle of an interpretation or understanding on something outside of a specific discipline's discourse or domain of inquiry (epistemic system). Interpretations that are constitutionally open are incomplete in themselves and open to responsive, interdisciplinary discourse and collaborative learning.
In modern physics, Space becomes the meta-form of the general, the ground. Time becomes the meta-... more In modern physics, Space becomes the meta-form of the general, the ground. Time becomes the meta-form of the particular, the given. And in the wedge between space and time, there is Light. The logic of three is the logic of light. Understood in this way, in modern physics light is the creative source of the physical world in space and time. Relativity theory describes the external form of the logic and quantum mechanics describes the internal form. The logic of three shifts our metaphysical perspective away from a dark ground of objects in-themselves towards the illumination of light as creative act.
Relational Ontology, in the context of physics, is a metaphysical or philosophical position that ... more Relational Ontology, in the context of physics, is a metaphysical or philosophical position that takes relations to be more fundamental than particular objects, physical entities or physical states. Relational ontology presents a radically different way to think about physical theories and their interpretations compared with Classical Ontology (such as the ontology of Newton’s classical mechanics or the ontology of Euclidean geometry) which takes objects to be more fundamental than their relationships to one another.
[Updated reading list Jan 2023]
The debate between Bergson and Einstein regarding the nature of time presents an opportunity to i... more The debate between Bergson and Einstein regarding the nature of time presents an opportunity to investigate the Logic of Three as the underlying logic that relates quantum mechanics to relativity theory. The Logic of Three is the formative principle of " relational objects " or images.
An exploration of the hypothesis that quantum mechanics is the interpretative framework of relati... more An exploration of the hypothesis that quantum mechanics is the interpretative framework of relativity theory.
An exploration of the metaphysics of process-ordering in Quantum Theory and Relativity Theory tha... more An exploration of the metaphysics of process-ordering in Quantum Theory and Relativity Theory that is guided by Bohm, Peirce, Levinas, and Torrance.
An imaginative exploration of space and time in which light mediates the relationship between fin... more An imaginative exploration of space and time in which light mediates the relationship between finitude and the Infinite. Light becomes the creative source through which interiority and exteriority are manifested and brought into synchronicity as time, space and mass. The exploration probes the relational logic of relativity theory using the meta-physical insights of Augustine, Hegel, Levinas, and Peirce.
By identifying the formal role of light in relativity theory with the formal role of text in Gada... more By identifying the formal role of light in relativity theory with the formal role of text in Gadamer’s theory of hermeneutics, the two theories are brought into relationship. Through this fusion, the privileging of “space” in physics and the privileging of “time” in hermeneutics are reciprocally interrogated as horizons of truth.
An exploration of the relational ontology of space, time and light.
An exploration of how Hegel’s triadic “logic” as developed in Phenomenology of Spirit might be ap... more An exploration of how Hegel’s triadic “logic” as developed in Phenomenology of Spirit might be applied to the functional role of light in relativity theory. In this exploration, the triadic form of light produces an exteriorization of spacetime separation at the same time as it interiorizes orientation in the form of quantum spin. Spacetime embeds quantum properties as a result of the three-fold relational nature of substance, namely: being in relation to self (sameness), being in relation to another (alterity), and being in relation to a whole (return).
With Newton's Absolute space, the Universe is situated in a passive background, or container, whi... more With Newton's Absolute space, the Universe is situated in a passive background, or container, which provides the structural framework for analysis, division, differentiation.
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In this statement:
(1) Triadic logic refers to a formal pattern that describes systemic (collaborative) processes involving signs that mediate between interiority (individuation) and exteriority (generalized worldview or Umwelt). It is also called systemical logic or the logic of relatives. The term "triadic logic" emphasizes that this logic involves mediation of dualities through an irreducibly triadic formalism. The term "systemical logic" emphasizes that this logic applies to systems in contrast to traditional binary logic which applies to classes. The term "logic of relatives" emphasizes that this logic is background independent (in the sense discussed by Smolin ).
(2) An interpretive paradigm refers to a way of thinking that generates an understanding through concepts, their inter-relationships and their connections with experience.
(3) Coherence refers to holistic integrity or continuity in the meaning of concepts that form an interpretation or understanding.
(4) Constitutionally open refers to an inherent dependence in principle of an interpretation or understanding on something outside of a specific discipline's discourse or domain of inquiry (epistemic system). Interpretations that are constitutionally open are incomplete in themselves and open to responsive, interdisciplinary discourse and collaborative learning.
[Updated reading list Jan 2023]
In this statement:
(1) Triadic logic refers to a formal pattern that describes systemic (collaborative) processes involving signs that mediate between interiority (individuation) and exteriority (generalized worldview or Umwelt). It is also called systemical logic or the logic of relatives. The term "triadic logic" emphasizes that this logic involves mediation of dualities through an irreducibly triadic formalism. The term "systemical logic" emphasizes that this logic applies to systems in contrast to traditional binary logic which applies to classes. The term "logic of relatives" emphasizes that this logic is background independent (in the sense discussed by Smolin ).
(2) An interpretive paradigm refers to a way of thinking that generates an understanding through concepts, their inter-relationships and their connections with experience.
(3) Coherence refers to holistic integrity or continuity in the meaning of concepts that form an interpretation or understanding.
(4) Constitutionally open refers to an inherent dependence in principle of an interpretation or understanding on something outside of a specific discipline's discourse or domain of inquiry (epistemic system). Interpretations that are constitutionally open are incomplete in themselves and open to responsive, interdisciplinary discourse and collaborative learning.
[Updated reading list Jan 2023]