Notes on a 9-Point Ecosystems Heuristic

9-Point Ecosystems Heuristic

--based on tagmemic invention and OOO inspired

Example: Organism †(across)	Organism/Particle (the example within each rubric as a discrete rubric)	Organism/Wave (the example within each rubric as a a wave)	Organism/Field (the example within each rubric as a a field)
Rubric: tagmemic invention (down)
Particle --the thing as a discrete entity—not in relationship with anything else	1. Organism as a particle—not in either spatial or temporal relationships Only endo-relations?	4.  Organism as the sum of its internal processes—temporal endo-relations—linear/temporal processes, sum of  moments within the organism (i.e. affective states).	7. Organism as the sum of its parts, its internal spatial relationships —spatial endo-relations --internal systems
Wave --the thing as a process—change over time (time linear but only conceptually—not a spatial relationship.)	2. Organism as a vital process—change over time—in relationship to itself as a conceptual whole.  (Iterated wholes.) Endo/exo?	5.  Organism in a process within a process.  Rate of change over time.  For example, rate of growth over time. Endo/exo?	8. Organism in a process of change within a stable spatial/environmental context.  Prompt to change environment.  (Why is the organism changing?)   Endo/exo?
Field --the thing within a larger context (spatial and more or less synchronous)	3. Organism within a field as a set of spatial relationships—in its environment. Only exo-relations.	6. Organism within an environment that changes over time—environmental stress. (Prompt to adapt, but not the process of adaptation.) exo-relations	9. Organism within a spatial context, within a spatial context—organism within an environment within an environment ( . . . within an ecosystem within the biosphere). Exo/exo-relations.