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Subjects A–Z
These are subjects of importance to SPLectrum, referenced within the site.
A
- Autopoiesis · biology, systems theoryself-making systems, operational closure, structural coupling: Maturana, Varela, Luhmann
C
- Category theory · mathematicsstructure through relationships rather than internal composition — objects known entirely by their arrows
D
- Domain-specific languages (DSL) · software engineering, notationpurpose-built vocabularies for specific problem areas — from SQL and regular expressions to musical notation and chemical nomenclature
G
- German idealism · philosophyFichte, Schelling, Hegel: overcoming Kant’s limits, the productivity of negation
M
- Mutualism · biology, complex systemsthe mutualism narrative through complex adaptive systems
O
- Observer Patch Holography · theoretical physicsa physics framework built on observer consistency (Bernhard Mueller)
P
- Phenomenology · philosophythe study of experience from the inside: Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Jonas
- Philosophy of science · philosophyfrom logical positivism through falsification, paradigms, and methodological pluralism
- Pragmatism · philosophymeaning as consequence, truth as convergence: Peirce, Dewey, Rorty
- Process philosophy · philosophybecoming over being, events over substances: Bergson, Whitehead, Hegel
R
- Relational quantum mechanics · theoretical physicsproperties through interaction, no absolute state: Rovelli, van Fraassen, decoherence
S
- Structuralism · linguistics, philosophymeaning as difference, systems of relations: Saussure, Lévi-Strauss, and beyond