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John Kineman

About John Kineman

Senior Research Scientist (Ph.D.) at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado,

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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The concept of “a-causality”

Posted on 1 August, 2012 by

I’m cross-posting this from another discussion (in summary form) for any comments… The discussion was about ‘a-causality’ in physics….here is my somewhat cavalier response: In particular I find the terminology fascinating. The very idea of ‘a-causal’ is a curious one. … Continue reading →

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Cynefin

Posted on 31 July, 2012 by

I was asked to give a quick comment on the Cynefin system based on videos by Snowden at this address: http://engine-for-change.com/weblog/2010/07/making-sense-of-change/ I’ll post comments as I work through it – discussion is welcome.

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ISSS 2012

Posted on 21 July, 2012 by

Greetings. The Annual meeting of the ISSS just completed in San Jose. There were a number of workshops presentations, and papers on relational science that were well-received. In the SIG meeting we agreed to build activities this year, including this … Continue reading →

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