[...]ophy ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> monad='lgc'>: individuals not linked to form greater ="trms">systems (they don't even ="trms">communicate), but they ="trms">affect each other
='lgc'>--="ppl">Deleuze='lgc'>='lgc'>--> each monad had its context re="trms">presented inside itself (as ="trms">fold) ='lgc'>[more important the monad ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> richer its ="trms">world='lgc'>]


="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphors of romanticism='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•organicism
="lsts lst1">•="trms">system ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (in graphical re="trms">presentation) depicted by connecting lives between constituent elements (='lgc'>=/= monad)
="lsts lst1">•

="ppl">Whitehead ='lgc'>--="ppl">Deleuze='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a neobaroque philosopher ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> possibility of a chaotic side-by-side existence of ="trms">mutually ex="trms">="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clusive realities
(baroque era) harmony='lgc'>: art of counterpoints (bringing together independent voices)


="large lg2" stl="font-size:111%"> German baroque (Gryphius, Lohenstein) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">nature='lgc'> = ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]ruin='lgc'>: heap of highly significant fragments ='lgc'>=/= seamless web (='at'>@ERG website)
="lsts lst1">•fragment='lgc'>: independent individual things with a monadological structure (='lgc'>~/= post="trms">modern understanding of fragment)
="lsts lst1">•link (between them)='lgc'> = reciprocal reference ='lgc'>=/= connection
="lsts lst2">◦(references remain in their) ='strcls'>*allegorical immanence='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•


="trms">World War II ='lgc'>='lgc'>~=> ="trms">systems theories (attempt to explain the structure and behavior of complex objects


Charney ='lgc'>+ von Neumann
deterministic description of the atmosphere
“long-range forecasting”
computer-based metrology
='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>*field='strcls'>* became the essence of atmospheric state (field ='lgc'>=/= structure, ="trms">phenomena such as cyclones, fronts, cyclogenesis, fr="trms">ontogenesis)
='lgc'><='lgc'>--Lorenz='lgc'>-- a given that the atmosphere is a single whole

romantic ='and'>& nonromantic ="ppl">Darwin
evolutionary theory
phylogenetic tree
="prgrph">-“war of ="trms">nature ='lgc'>==> higher ="trms">animals directly follow”
="prgrph">-individual organisms engage in various ="trms">interactions with each other ='lgc'>==> speciation

Tansley (fulfilling a romantic expectation with regard to complex ="trms">systems) ='lgc'>--1926='lgc'>='lgc'>--> maintenance of equilibrium by eco="trms">system ='lgc'>["life='lgc'> = equilibrium"='lgc'>]
='lgc'>=/= Schrödinger (showed that equilibrium is unfit as a ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphor for life) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> life='lgc'> = islands of low entropy (complex locations) in a sea of high entropy (of decreasing complexity)


Lokta
(evolution of) chemical ="trms">systems='lgc'> = general ="trms">systems


Patten
eco="trms">system ="trms">ecologist
“eco="trms">system='lgc'> = ="trms">natural control ="trms">system” ='lgc'>~= (single equilibrium simple cybernetic) ="trms">technical control device ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- the ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphor of ='strcls'>*automatic machine='strcls'>* (taken ="trms">literally)
re="trms">presenting whole eco="trms">systems by (mathematized and fit for simulation on digital computers) models


1960s 70s ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">system ="trms">ecology
='lgc'>--="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">lurck='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (romantic ="trms">trope of) ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigorous functionalism ='lgc'>[every little plant or insect had its place as a cog on a giant machinery='lgc'>]


="large lg1" stl="font-size:114%"> Rene Thom
chemical reaction kinetics
biological ="trms">morphogenesis
catastrophe theory='lgc'>: slight change in a single variable of a ="trms">system can give rise to sharp discontinuous change
='lgc'>==> existence of multiple equilibria


Slobodkin
game theory
management of ="trms">natural ="trms">systems


P="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigogine ='lgc'>+ ="ppl">="ppl">Stengers
brusselator device (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> strange attractor) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> behavior and evolution of complex ="trms">systems ='lgc'>--illustrate='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst1">•discontinuous development
="lsts lst1">•bifurcation (points at which the ="trms">system may go in either of two directions ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the ="trms">system behaves as a whole)

local random fluctuations (around a mean) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> bifurcation point ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the ="trms">system as a whole evolves to a new order
='lgc'>=/= cybernetic ="trms">system (control center)
='lgc'>=/= steam engine (governor)


="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Robin,Robot,Robert,Robocop">Robert May
the more complex a ="trms">system is, the more likely it is that small fluctuations (will be just large enough) to be critical
complexity ='lgc'>==> unstability
='lgc'>~~~~> chaos theory


(for P="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigogine) fluctuation='lgc'>: essential condition for order of physical universe, life, civilization
='lgc'>[the most humble aspect of the behavior of ="trms">matter:='lgc'>] white noise ='lgc'>--(chaotic ="trms">phenomena)='lgc'>='lgc'>--> order ='lgc'>[on macro level='lgc'>]

turbulence ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- cannot be predicted (deterministic approach), but we have ="trms">="trms">empirical certainty that they will appear

55BC ='lgc'>--turbulence='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="ppl">="ppl">Lucretius’ De Rerum ="trms">natura (philosophical ="trms">poem on the ="trms">nature of things)
(his basic ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphor of) ="trms">nature='lgc'>: hydrodynamic flow of particles in free fall, in swirls, in vortexes
‘small cause ='lgc'>==> disproportional nonlinearity’ ='lgc'>: ‘random collision of some falling atoms ='lgc'>==> constitution of ="trms">world’
='lgc'>--="ppl">Serres='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (="ppl">="ppl">Lucretius) heterodox tradition (='lgc'>=/= orthodoxe)


romantic ='and'>& baroque are ='strcls'>***discourse ='lgc'>=/= paradigm='strcls'>***
="lsts lst1">•discourse (available to draw from)
="lsts lst1">•paradigm (to succeed another paradigm) ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- to be careful as an artist, the fantasy of genesis='lgc'>]

="lsts lst1">•since the 19th century romantic complexity had been the more orthodox discourse
="lsts lst1">•since 1975 baroque complexity became the focus of ="trms">interest
='lgc'>}='lgc'>=/= new conception of reality

="lsts lst1">•romantic complexity ='lgc'>--favor='lgc'>='lgc'>--> stable structural ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphors (self-correcting cybernetic machine, Gaya, etc.)
="lsts lst2">◦criteria can be established (more easily) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> delineate emergent wholes (='strcls'>*abstract criteria='strcls'>*)
="lsts lst1">•baroque complexity ='lgc'>--favor='lgc'>='lgc'>--> swarming individuals ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphor (population of individuals in turbulent motion) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> delineate emergent wholes (='strcls'>*="trms">situational criteria='strcls'>*)
="lsts lst2">◦conceptual problem of baroque='lgc'>: there may be higher level order, but what is it='qstn'>?
="lsts lst3">◾(it is not) stable patterns of ="trms">communication (='lgc'><== if patterns exists they are short-lived, individuals take part in several wholes rather than in one)


body='lgc'> = turbulent ="trms">phenomena par excellence


='strcls'>*****
='lgc'>--="ppl">Deleuze='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the very idea of “concept” is ="trms">different in baroque thinking ='lgc'>: ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]concept='lgc'> = an allegory, a ="trms">narrative ='lgc'>=/= a ="trms">symbol of the ="trms">cosmos ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- romantic idea of concept='lgc'>: a ="trms">cosmological order that is grasped by the thinking subject

the uncertainty (of the ="trms">world) in the baroque case is ="trms">ontological ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= ="trms">epistemological ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> uncertainty is an effect of not knowing enough='lgc'>]

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(i say in ="nms">iran, instead of public jurnalism we need more) ='strcls'>*public ="trms">anthropology='strcls'>*

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="large lg3" stl="font-size:111%"> (Stenger > ="ppl">="ppl">Stewart > vivid ="trms">pragmatics ='lgc'>~=)
(McCormack > ="ppl">="ppl">Stewart > radical) ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">="trms">empiricism='lgc'>: if you walk in the woods ='lgc'>--encounter='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the unthinkable profusion of forms ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">material-="trms">aesthetic registers of (mobile ='and'>& immobile flickering of) is and was (='lgc'>=/= sensory details described)
="lsts lst1">•='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]description='lgc'>: accidental glimpse of what ="trms">matters ='lgc'>+ what shifts its ="trms">matter in a moment of recognizable though unnamed and partial significance

tonal ="trms">differences
a spark of color
a modulation in tempo
half-patterned expressivity
='lgc'>--of='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a s="trms">cene teemingly ="trms">differentiated and marked by thresholds of ="trms">matter

when a tree is “charged and transfigured” by a violent sunset
="ppl">="ppl">Stewart ='lgc'>+ Dillard

a thing becomes a call to word

="large lg4" stl="font-size:111%"> (Harman='lgc'>:) objects themselves, like voices or forms of ="trms">writing, have style

="ppl">="ppl">Stewart > Dillard's ="trms">causal logic of bizarre but ="trms">categorical predation='lgc'>:
a small frog perched precariously on a lily pad in a pond, its back end al="trms"nttrm="already,spread">ready strangely slumped in the water. Then it suddenly deflates
its skin “ruck, and rumple, and fall’ and then “formless as a pricked balloon, lay in floating ="trms">folds like blight scum on top of the water”
='lgc'>--sug="trms">gest='lgc'>='lgc'>--> its style
='lgc'>=/= exempla of a generality
='lgc'>=/= ="trms">embodiments of something

='strcls'>*points of precision='strcls'>* in moments, s="trms">cenes, forms, and states of ="trms">matter

an image synesthetically re="trms">membered ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> engineered bridges of the purely ="trms">social or thee purely ="trms">natural ="trms">imagine a flatly describable ="trms">world ="trms">composed of fully ="trms">present states of being

...the wind forms blades in the sea like lines on a page

="large lg5" stl="font-size:114%"> description='lgc'>: an approach to an ungraspable thing ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> de="trms">literalizing

remainders

(distributed gap between residents’ reports and police determinations='lgc'>:) ='lgc'>[examples of semi-events (half-witnessed):='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•a d="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">angerous-looking ="trms">animal moving about on a man's property turned out to be a black plastic trash bag blowing in the wind
="lsts lst1">•threatening graffiti on a lawn were markings made by phone company employees
="lsts lst1">•a strange noise was wind in the trees
="lsts lst1">•a report of a man licking the locks on doorways of apartments on North Pleasant Street (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> sug="trms">gestion of this licking everywhere remained)
="lsts lst1">•a blood-soaked g="trms">love on the ground outside the DB Mart was a pink g="trms">love (='lgc'>-- establish='lgc'>='lgc'>--> pattern of possible hands in roads)
="prgrph">-
='lgc'>--="ppl">="ppl">Stewart='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>**an ="trms">staging ground for people's perceptive='strcls'>** ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>**atten[...]