Inclusionality
The 'Science, Art and Spirituality of Place, Space
and Evolution'
The
theory of Inclusionality is an interesting new approach
that is being developed by the English biologist Alan
Rayner together with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers.
Inclusionality considers an understanding of the relationships
between contents and contexts to be fundamental to the
understanding of living systems. Core to an understanding
of inclusionality is the significance of space and its
inseparability both from time and matter/energy. It
has been substantially informed by another emerging
study - that of Transfigural
Mathematics.
"In
inclusional thinking space, rather than being an empty
void, is a highly significant presence of absence,
which permeates within, around, and through every thing,
living or otherwise. It implicitly connects us with
our environments, and with other beings within these
environments. To illustrate: we might think that we
are physically separated and distinct from this page
that we are reading. However no matter is entirely solid,
so both we and the page comprise molecules that are
surrounded by and contain spaces; our skin may seem
like a impenetrable barrier yet it is not, we have pores
that allow gases to pass through, and the cells themselves
are surrounded by intercellular spaces.
So, the space that surrounds our bodies is also connected
with the space inside them, and also inside every object
around us. Space connects us with everything else. It
is everywhere, literally."
(Pratchett, 1991)
In
Inclusional thinking boundaries are key. Inclusional
boundaries are both permeable and dynamic. They are
continual reflections of the reciprocity between inner
and outer spaces.
To
learn more about inclusionality and its relevance to
revisioning current worldviews visit www.inclusionality.org
Reflections
on a Natural Includer - Alan Rayner
Inclusional
Science - From Arefact to Natural Creativity - Alan
Rayner
Karen
Tesson on Inclusionality
Opening
the Whole - Wendy Ellyatt