Foundations of the Ontology of Emergent Complexity

center|frameless|900px Contents Preface Introduction 1. Philosophical Commitments 1.1 – Refusal of Metaphysical Dualism 1.2 – Against the Invention of Two Worlds 1.3 – Matter Thinks — But Not Like a Subject 1.4 – The Symbol Is Not Transcendent 1.5 – No Ground, No Soul, No Plan 1.6 – Matter as the Only Substrate 1.7 – Instability as a Condition, Not a Problem 2. Method and Style 2.1 – Thought as Singular Response 2.2 – Listening as Ontological Exposure 2.3 – No Redemption, No Teleology 3. Core Concepts 3.1 Complexity, Relation, Excess 3.1.1 – The Refusal of Linear Complexity 3.1.2 – Relational Tension as Ontological Principle 3.1.3 – Stability Is Not Continuity 3.2 Emergence Without Origin This sequence examines how emergence can be described without treating a later form as the fulfilment of an origin, a hidden plan, or a completed possibility already waiting to unfold. 3.2.1 – The Regime of Precedence 3.2.2 – The Classical Substrate: Substance and Necessity 3.2.3 – Modernity’s Continuation: Foundation and Structure 3.2.4 – Critical Displacement without Abandonment 3.2.5 – The Irruption Without Ground 3.2.6 – Language and Logic as Prison of Sequence 3.2.7 – Affirmation: From Precedence to Insistence 3.3 Order as Local Effect 3.3.1 – Against Order as Principle 3.3.2 – The Emergence of Order as an Ephemeral Torsion of the Unstable Field 3.3.3 – Order as an Effect of Material Coupling 3.3.4 – The Retrospective Illusion of Origin: Order as Post-Nomination 3.3.5 – Order as a Symbolic Gesture Without an Author 3.3.6 – Unthinkability of Absolute Order: The Real as a Field of Variation 3.3.7 – Ontological and Ethical Consequences 4. Ethical and Political Implications 4.1 – Vulnerability Without a Centre 4.2 – Ethics as Symbolic Reorganisation 4.3 – Politics Beyond the Subject 5. Critical Dialogues with Tradition 5.1 – Displacement of Classical Ontologies 5.2 – Limits of Modern Rationalism 5.3 – Ambiguities of Post-Structuralism 6. Lexicon and Variations 6.1 – Key Terms of the OEC 6.2 – Ontological Variations 6.3 – How to Read the Lexicon Conclusion Conclusion — Results, Limits, and Open Questions 7. Bibliography and Influences 7.1 – Philosophical Interlocutors 7.2 – Conceptual Sources 7.3 – References 7.4 – Further Readings and Connections Supplementary material Theoretical Appendix Written by David Cota. Information about the author and the wider project: travessia.online. __INDEX__ __NEWSECTIONLINK__