agency:

base set: An abbreviated working term for ‘complementary pairs of coordination dynamics.’

binding problem:

brain~behavior:

broken symmetry:

CD: – Acronym for Coordination Dynamics

CD of CP: Acronym for Coordination Dynamics of Complementary Pairs. Research strategy that employs the concepts, methods and tools of coordination dynamics to understand squiggles wherever they are found.

complementarity: the complementary relationship of electromagnetic wave and electromagnetic particle theories in explaining the dual character of light and other quantized radiation. Proposed by Niels Bohr and his associates to explain of dual nature of light as found in the theory of quantum mechanics (wave~particle).

complementary aspect: One of two inextricable ideal polarized bounds of a complementary pair. When their inextricability is established, complementary aspects like ca1 and ca2 can be reconciled via the philosophy of complementary pairs as the complementary pair, ca1~ca2. In the case of the complementary pairs wave~particle and yin~yang, wave, particle, yin and yang are all complementary aspects.

complementary pair: Any pair of inextricable, dynamic polar aspects, like contraries, conflicting opposites, dichotomies, etc. Held by the philosophy of complementary pairs as ubiquitous windows into the complementary nature. Body~mind, individual~collective, time~space, electricity~magnetism, offense~defense are examples of complementary pairs. Complementary pairs are written syntactically in the form ca1~ca2, where ca1 and ca2 are complementary aspects connected by the tilde, or squiggle (~) character.

complementary pair dictionary (CPD): An organized, alphabetized list of complementary pairs. Complementary pairs are actually entered twice in the CPD compendium, such that both of its complementary aspects are listed once as the first member of the pair. For example, the complementary pair ca1~ca2 will be listed as ca1~ca2 and also ca2~ca1. Used as a reference of known complementary pairs. (also called ’squiggle dictionary’

complex systems: A system composed of interconnected parts that as a whole exhibit one or more properties (behavior among the possible properties) not obvious from the properties of the individual parts.

control parameter: A theoretical~empirical parameter that, when continuously varied, eventually reaches a threshold value in which coordinated behavior of the system changes in a qualitative way. When a control parameter crosses a critical value, instability occurs in the system, leading to the formation of entirely new or different coordination patterns. As an exampl, think of the qualitative physical changes that occur when liquid water turns to solid ice or steam. In these cases, the control parameter is temperature. Control parameters DO NOT prescribe or inform the emerging pattern. That is, it doesn’t tell the system how it is supposed to change. It simply leads the system through its possible qualitative manifestations.

control parameter~coordination variable: Central complementary pair in coordination dynamics. Reconciliation of this squiggle crucial to the visualization of reciprocal causality.

coordination dyamics: the science of coordination, aims to describe, explain and predict how patterns of coordination form, adapt, persist and change in complex living things.

coordination law:

coordination variable: Emergent pattern of cooperation of individual components of a system or level by the cooperation. The dynamical behavior of coordination variables can display continuous and quantitative and also abrupt, qualitative. The fate of its behavior depend on the value of complementary control parameter. Synonymous with ‘collective variable’ in psychology and ‘order parameter’; of theoretical physics. An example of coordination variable is relative phase in human bimanual motor control. Complementary aspect of the complementary pair, coordination variable~control parameter.

CP of CD: The complementary pairs or ’squiggles’ of coordination dynamics. An unfinished short list of complementary pairs thought to be indispensable to coordination dynamics. Useful when employing the CP of CD strategy. (also base set, CP of CD collection).

CP of CD Strategy: One of the two simplest CP~CD strategies. In it, knowledge of the different complementary pairs found in the field of coordination dynamics are used to further advance this field. The strategy begins by reflecting on theoretical~empirical aspects of coordination dynamics itself or upon issues regarding its application in some context. Then those issues are reevaluated and recast in terms of the complementary pairs of coordination dynamics. To date, this strategy has enhanced the ability to teach coordination dynamics to diverse audiences, and has generated a novel general education paradigm.

CP~CD: Reconciliation of the philosophy of complementary pairs and the science of coordination dynamics. A philosophy~science of the complementary nature.

Dialectic

Dissipative Dynamical Systems: Dissipative systems are dynamical systems that are characterized by some sort of “internal friction” that tends to contract phase space volume elements. Phase space contraction, in turn, allows such systems to approach a subset of the space called an Attractor (consisting of a fixed point, a periodic cycle, or Strange Attractor), as time goes to infinity.

dynamics: Mathematical physical sub-discipline that characterizes a system by…

experiential coordination dynamics (ECD): A teaching method used to communicate the concepts of coordination dynamics via nonmathematical means. Examples of the method include live demonstrations of these concepts, and the use of intuitive metaphors, such as the notion of complementary aspects and complementary pairs. ECD is useful in teaching and lecturing on the principles of and patterns and implications of coordination dynamics to diverse audiences that might include non-scientists.

functional information:

generalized complementarity principle:

human~machine: the complementary nature of human and machine aspects (related to res cogitans~res extensa).

information dynamics (ID): Complementary aspect with self-organized dynamics. Information dynamics deals with the formation of functional information and how this information alters a system’s intrinsic dynamics.

information exchange:

interpersonal synchronization:

intrinsic dynamics: the innate dynamical predispostions of a dynamical system. In CP~CD, it is thought that information molds or sculpts the intrinsic dynamics of a given system.

meaningful information:

metastability:

metastable regime:

mind~brain:

multistability:

nonlinear dynamics:

nonlinearity: If f is a nonlinear function or an operator, and x is a system input (either a function or variable), then the effect of adding two inputs, x1 and x2, first and then operating on their sum is, in general, not equivalent to operating on two inputs separately and then adding the outputs together; i.e. . Popular form: the whole is not necessarily equal to the sum of its parts. Dissipative nonlinear dynamic systems are capable of exhibiting self-organization and chaos.

neural networks: Neural nets represent a radical new approach to computational problem solving. The methodology they represent can be contrasted with the traditional approach to artificial intelligence (AI). Whereas the origins of AI lay in applying conventional serial processing techniques to high-level cognitive processing like concept-formation, semantics, symbolic processing, etc. -or in a top-down approach -neural nets are designed to take the opposite -or bottom-up -approach. The idea is to have a human-like reasoning emerge on the macro-scale. The approach itself is inspired by such basic skills of the human brain as its ability to continue functioning with noisy and/or incomplete information, its robustness or fault tolerance, its adaptability to changing environments by learning, etc. Neural nets attempt to mimic and exploit the parallel processing capability of the human brain in order to deal with precisely the kinds of problems that the human brain itself is well adapted for.

phase transition: An abrupt change in a system’s behavior. A common example is the gas-liquid phase transition undergone by water. In such a transition, a plot of density versus temperature shows a distinct discontinuity at the critical temperature marking the transition point. Similar behavior can be seen in systems described by ordinary differential flows and discrete mappings. In nonlinear dynamical systems, the transition from self-organizing to chaotic behavior is sometimes referred to as a phase transition (or, more specifically, as an order-disorder transition).

philosophy of complementary pairs: A philosophical stance based upon a particular definition and interpretation of complementary pairs, which is grounded in coordination dynamics The interpretation is that while each of four basic interpretations usually advocated for a given complementary pair are indispensable and valid alternatives, each is insufficient in itself to adequately capture the complementary nature of complementary pairs.

philosophy~science: The reconciliation of philosophy and science. This complementary pair implies that pure philosophy (without regard to science) and pure science (without regard to philosophy) are untenable. Instead, philosophy and science are complementary aspects-ideal and yet inextricable poles of human sentience.

reaction~diffusion: Reaction-diffusion systems, the first studies of which date back to the 1950s, often exhibit a variety of interesting spatial patterns that evolve in self-organized fashion. One of the most famous reaction-diffusion systems -widely regarded as the prototypical example of oscillating chemical reactions -is the so-called Belousov-Zhabotinskii (or BZ) reaction. The BZ model involves the reaction of bromate ions with an organic substrate (typically malonic acid) in a sulfuric acid solution with cerium (or some other metal-ion catalyst). When this mixture is allowed to react exothermally at room temperature, interesting spatial and temporal oscillations (i.e. chemical waves) result.

reconcile:to realize the complementary nature of two complementary aspects.

relative phase: relative phase: the difference between cycle intervals in coupled oscillators; in coordination dynamics relative phase is an important coordination variable.

self-organization: The spontaneous emergence of macroscopic nonequilibrium organized structure due to the collective interactions among a large assemblage of simple microscopic objects.

self-organized dynamical (SOD):

SOD~ID: Self-organized dynamics~information dynamics. The reconciliation of spontaneous pattern formation and change in nonlinear, open or dissipative systems with functional information.

squiggle: 1) name of the ‘~’ symbol that distinguishes it from other uses of the same symbol, such as ’tilde.’ In the study of the complementary nature, it symbolizes the inextricable complementarity and coordination dynamics of complementary pairs. 2) Synonym for complementary pair. (The squiggle, body~mind.) Used in the syntax of complementary pairs, in the form ca1~ca2, where ca are complementary aspects. NOT a bridge or connecting principle, but rather signifies the multipotential and multifunctional dynamics of complementary pairs. 3) v. treat two aspects as complementary aspects.

states:

switching:

TCN: Acronym for The Complementary Nature

tendencies:

the complementary nature: 1) the complementary pairs of nature and the nature of complementary pairs 2) A collective of mutually dependent principles responsible for the genesis, existence and evolution of nature itself, which suggest complementing and~or reconciling relationships.

TFA: Acronym for The Four Aspects

the four aspects: Working term for the 4 foundational aspects in the study and appreciation of the complementary nature. They are: 1) The Complementary Nature 2) Complementary Pairs (Squiggles) 3) Coordination Dynamics 4) The Squiggle Sense. Each of these aspects is complementary to the other three.

the squiggle sense: A ’sixth sense’ or awareness of the complementary nature, of the existence and dynamics of complementary pairs or ’squiggles’. The squiggle sense not only senses complementary aspect dynamics, but is produced by the same. Closely related to metastability and metastable coordination dynamics.

TSS: Acronym for The Squiggle Sense

Universality: Universal behavior, when used to describe the behavior of a dynamic system, refers to behavior that is independent of the details of the system’s dynamics. It is a term borrowed from thermodynamics. According to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics the critical exponents describing the divergence of certain physical measurables (such as specific heat, magnetization, or correlation length) are universal at a phase transition in that they are essentially independent of the physical substance undergoing the phase transition and depend only on a few fundamental parameters (such as the dimension of the space).

(to be continued…)