Category Archives: R-theory basics

Brief description of how we get the relational holon

Posted on 12 March, 2016 by

This is a brief description of how to reason about formal cause and derive the relational holon, which I sent a colleague.   I’ll give a brief, with a hint at the new stuff: Since Aristotle’s time there has been … Continue reading →

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R-theory Tutorial # 3

Posted on 5 November, 2012 by

Triggering Questions (Kent Palmer) Is there meta-causality, i.e. do causes have causal affects on each other. If causes cause each other, rather than effects on something else but themselves, how is this causality trasmitted from cause to cause? What does … Continue reading →

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R-theory Tutorial #2

Posted on 4 November, 2012 by

Triggering Questions (Kent Palmer) 1.    What does R-theory say about the immiscibility of axioms in Euclidean geometry? 2.    More specifically, how does R-theory deal with meta-system boundaries? The question was raised in regard to the parallel postulate in Euclidean geometry, … Continue reading →

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R-theory Tutorial #1

Posted on 4 November, 2012 by

Triggering questions (Kent Palmer): 1. Is the R-holon transitive? 2. Is the holon logic contradictory? Recall the definitions from the 2011 synthesis paper: My understanding of transitivity is rather simple. If A entails B and B entails C then A … Continue reading →

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Learning Organization

Posted on 3 November, 2012 by

These are three slides showing an R-theory interpretation of the concepts of “Learning Organization”. They show the basic concepts at each level, and how meta-levels are linked, up to control levels as recommended in critiques of Senge’s original set of … Continue reading →

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R-theory’s Fundamental Unit of Nature and Analysis

Posted on 1 August, 2012 by

This rather bold title refers to the R-theory ‘holon’. It is proposed as a causal whole involving all four of Aristotle’s causality types, but re-interpreted as entirely natural causes. The arrows are consistent with Category theory logic except that I’ve … Continue reading →

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