TFNR - The Levels of Reality
Observing Reality from different points of view—exclusively for analytical and descriptive purposes—we can identify successive nested levels, both in terms of the causal dimension and the space–time dimensions (increasing Complexity). Ascending from the elementary level of the Primary Source, through the level of Action, then the level of Information, where evolutionary Processes organize, transform, and select the Structures of Information (Waves, Particles/Halos, Interactions), up to the level of (material and immaterial) Forms and ultimately to the entire Universe in Evolution.
We can regard these levels as particular views on Reality, as we focus our attention on specific levels of organization of the Relations between its constituents, its "raw materials"—the Events. Each level corresponds to a segment of the Process of Formation of Reality, where specific Operators of Reality—characterizations of the fundamental Agent, the Fundamental Force—act upon the Elementary Field.
Furthermore, although Reality is the result of a unitary and indivisible Process of Formation, it can be observed through different aspects and conceived as a superposition of different planes—or layers—of Existence, different, but complementary "domains" of Reality:
- Physical Reality: the physical side of Existence studied by Evolutionary Physics; the Elementary Action, organized by Information into Radiation and Matter—Structures of Information—which constitutes the material Forms, the objects and bodies populating the Universe
- Cognitive Reality: the cognitive side of Reality studied by Evolutionary Metaphysics; the immaterial Forms—Information produced by Cognitive Action—expressed by Finalistic Agents, living forms, and automata
- Metacognitive Reality: the meta-cognitive dimension—a cognitive being reflecting on cognition and thought—studied by Evolutionary Meta-metaphysics; the process of constructing representations of Cognitive Systems and their dynamics
In describing the Process of Formation of Reality—a unitary and indivisible Process—although the levels of organization of the Field are to be considered infinite, for descriptive purposes and simplicity, we can identify the following few fundamental Levels of Reality:
Level of Non-Existence
This is the level in which the Elementary Field exists in a state of absence of fluctuations—a complete lack of elementary fluctuations in the Field, serving as the precursor to Space-time dimensions. No Elementary Events occur, whose inhomogeneities would otherwise constitute Elementary Action, the most elementary form of Existence. It is the unperturbed Elementary Field: perfectly homogeneous, devoid of correlations, lacking organization, and exhibiting minimal Complexity. A condition of Non-Existence—of pure Nothingness.
It is a hypothetical level, since the existence of the Source presupposes the Action of the Fundamental Force upon the Elementary Field, which incessantly drives the phase transition from the state we call "Nothingness" to the most elementary form of Existence—the Elementary Action—from Nothingness to Emptiness.
Level of the Source of Reality
This is the uncontactable level of the sub-Entities—the Fundamental Force and the Elementary Field—which together constitute the Primary Source of Reality. They represent, respectively, the origins of the causal and the variational (spatial and temporal) dimensionalities of Reality—the roots of the dimensions through which we perceive, observe, and measure the world.
Level of the Elementary Action
This is the level of Reality in which the Fundamental Force acting of the Elementary Field incessantly mediates the phase transition between nothingness and the absolute vacuum. In facts, the Force exerts on the Field a constant pressure that incessantly operates the phase transition from the state of Inexistence to the most elementary form of Existence, from Nothingness to Somethingness.
This is the level of Reality in which the Fundamental Force, acting upon the Elementary Field, incessantly mediates the phase transition between Nothingness and the Absolute Vacuum. In fact, the Force exerts a constant pressure on the Field, continuously driving the transition from the state of Inexistence to the most elementary form of Existence—from Nothingness to Somethingness.
It is the forge of Reality, that incessantly "creates" the Elementary Action, the most elementary level of Existence, the Elementary Events, in the form of fluctuations of fundamental parameters which describe the Field, from whose organization emerges the Information, the Structures of Information and the Forms.
It is the forge of Reality, where the Elementary Action is incessantly "created"—the most elementary level of Existence, composed of Elementary Events in the form of fluctuations of fundamental parameters that describe the Field. From their organization emerge Information, Structures of Information, and Forms.
Here the Elementary Field is in a state that we can define "all potential" and we call Absolute Vacuum. It is absolute homogeneity in the distributions of the elementary fluctuations of the Field, state produced by the Action of the Fundamental Force.
Here, the Elementary Field is in a state we define as "all potential", referred to as the Absolute Vacuum. It is absolute homogeneity in the distribution of elementary fluctuations of the Field—a state produced by the Action of the Fundamental Force.
Level of Information / Energy
It's the level of Reality in which the Action of the Force on the Field expresses itself in the Organization, Transformation and Selection of networks of relationships between Events, what we call Information. The level in which the relations between the Elementary Events and their pattern of organization, the elementary form of Information, evolve forming more and more complex macro-events, or Structures of Information, organizing in even more complex Forms.
This is the level of Reality in which the Action of the Force upon the Field expresses itself through the Organization, Transformation, and Selection of networks of relationships between Events—what we call Information. It is the level where the relations among Elementary Events and their patterns of organization—the elementary form of Information—evolve into increasingly complex macro-events or Structures of Information, which in turn organize into even more complex Forms.
Information, In-form-action, organized Action, the pattern of organization of the Events.
Information—In-form-action—is organized Action, the pattern of Event organization.
It's the level of the evolutive processes, that at each level of complexity, organize, transform and select the Information, the entity that gives form to the Structures of Information and to the Forms that populate the Universe.
This is the level of evolutive processes, which at each degree of complexity organize, transform, and select Information—the entity that gives form to Structures of Information and to the Forms that populate the Universe.
It's the The Cycle of Information. The Force exerts a constant pressure that incessantly operates the phase transition from the chaos to the order, with all the possible gradations of the level of organization, of complexity.
It is the The Cycle of Information. The Force exerts a constant pressure that incessantly drives the phase transition from chaos to order, across all possible gradations of organization and complexity.
Level of the Structures of Information
It is the level of the elementary structures which emerge from the evolution of Information that organizes the Field.
This is the level of elementary structures that emerge from the evolution of Information organizing the Field.
First part of the Level of the Forms, the Level of Structures of Information is the level of Reality in which the Information and the evolutive associated processes (the Cycle of Information) gives form to the elementary structures that constitute the constitutive blocks of the material and immaterial Forms.
As the first part of the Level of the Forms, the Level of Structures of Information is the domain of Reality where Information and its associated evolutive processes (the Cycle of Information) give form to the elementary structures that constitute the building blocks of both material and immaterial Forms.
We can find here:
- Structures of Propagation (dynamic structures) --> Waves --> Radiation
- Structures of Conservation (conservative structures) --> Vortices --> Matter (elementary particles, for example the electrons)
- Interactions, that realize the Mixed Structures --> Matter (composites particles, for example the nucleons, protons and neutrons, composed by quarks and gluons)
Here we find: *Structures of Propagation (dynamic structures) → Waves → Radiation *Structures of Conservation (conservative structures) → Vortices → Matter (elementary particles, e.g., electrons) *Interactions, which realize the Mixed Structures → Matter (composite particles, e.g., nucleons—protons and neutrons—composed of quarks and gluons)
In a physical sense, the Structures of Information are space-time domains in which the micro-states (the dynamics of the point events in the Field) show some kind of organization, represented by a non null amount of correlation in the distributions of the elementary fluctuations of the Field, characterized by the three fundamental aspects of the Elementary Action: Perturbation, Translation and Rotation.
In physical terms, Structures of Information are space-time domains where micro-states (the dynamics of point-events in the Field) exhibit some degree of organization, represented by a non-zero correlation in the distribution of elementary fluctuations of the Field. These are characterized by the three fundamental aspects of Elementary Action: Perturbation, Translation, and Rotation.
Level of the Forms
The level of the composite forms created by the evolution of the most elementary or less complex relations, the Structures of Information. Information that forms other more complex Information, in nested networks, that gives shape to the Action.
This is the level of composite forms created through the evolution of elementary or less complex relations—the Structures of Information. It is Information forming other, more complex Information, in nested networks that give shape to Action.
Level of the Manifestation / the Universe as a whole in evolution
The level of the Manifestation includes the Universe as a whole, the entire Universe, everything in evolution, all the levels of Reality integrated.
The Level of Manifestation encompasses the Universe as a whole—everything in evolution, all levels of Reality integrated.
Reality as a unity, in all its aspects:
- Physical Reality
- Metareality or Metaphysical Reality or Cognitive Reality
- Meta-metareality or Metacognitive Reality
Reality as a unity, in all its aspects: *Physical Reality **the cosmological vision **the biological vision *Cognitive Reality (Metareality, Metaphysical Reality, or Cognitive Reality) *Metacognitive Reality (Meta-metareality or Metacognitive Reality)
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