Autocreative Hierarchy I:
Structure Ecosystemic Dependence and Autonomy
Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx
The Evolutionary Processing Group
IMEC Brussels, ETRO
Brussels Free University (VUB)
Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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ABSTRACT
The natural sciences experience great difficulty
in addressing the nature of life. Most particularly, self-consistent theories
of observable scalar differences across biological systems are lacking. We have
developed a rational scheme for modeling the natural emergence of multi-level
hierarchies, and for the characterization of hierarchical entities and systems.
This paper describes the resultant birational structure which may be attributed
to a real hierarchy. The emergence of new levels is related to the cross-scale
transport of both order and novelty, and hierarchical development is attributed
to inter-level negotiation of dependence and autonomy. Hyperscalar precursors
of understanding and learning, and of complementary logical and emotional
operations appear naturally in hierarchies as a consequence of their global
stabilization.
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