Process method: II. From process thinking to the empirical study fo coexisting opposites

摘要

The process method systematically measures the 4 features of processes postulated as universal by process theory: (0) Flux is measured as statistical netropy.(1) Action is measured as rate and as asymmetry. (2) Information is measured as the coexitence of ocmplementary opposites, attraction and repulsion, acceleration and develeration. (3) Orgnaization is measured by the duration, idmensionality, and pattern of complexes of recurrences transient, multidimensional and sparsely recurrent ptterns generated by complex interactions, as contrasted to stable, low dimensional and recurrent attractors. In part I we illustrated the application of some process methods to the analysis of time series. Here we discuss processthinking as the foundation for these and to-be-developed methodologies, nd focus on techniques to study the coexistence of opposites, that the theory views as the most fundamental feature of both objective nad subjective processes.