Unicist Theory: The Unicist Paradigm Shift in Sciences that Explains the Dynamics and Evolution of Living Beings and Complex Adaptive Entities.

Abstract

The paradigm shift of the Unicist Theory is based on the discovery of the ontogenetic intelligence of nature, which is the intelligence that underlies nature. It establishes the basic structures of behavior in nature. The understanding of the unicist paradigm shift is necessary to accept the validity of the resulting applied technologies.

Giving Birth to Complexity Sciences: The final goal of the Scientific Research developed at The Unicist Research Institute was find a structural solution for complexity as a universal problem. The Unicist Theory gave birth to Complexity Sciences, providing both their epistemological structure and their integration with Systemic Sciences. This allowed developing a scientific approach to adaptive environments.

At an operational level the objective was to deal with complex adaptive systems. These systems might be natural systems or artificial complex adaptive systems like cultures, institutions or information systems.

This drove to the development of the Unicist Theory and the shift it generated in sciences. This approach allowed integrating systemic sciences with complexity sciences.

Dealing with Living Beings and Complex Adaptive Entities: The Unicist Theory explains the dynamics and evolution of living beings and complex adaptive entities. It substituted empiricism by a pragmatic, structuralist and functionalist approach and replaced knowledge falsification processes with destructive testing processes.

The four pillars of the paradigm shift are:

1. The unicist theory, which explains the dynamics and evolution of living beings and complex adaptive entities. 2. The unicist theory of evolution, which allows developing future research. 3. The epistemological structure of complexity sciences, which allows managing the complex aspects of reality. 4. The unicist theory of the unified field in nature, which allows managing the unified field of complex adaptive systems.

The paradigm shift of the Unicist Theory allowed the emulation of nature in the field of complex adaptive systems and allowed integrating the “know why” with the “know how”.

Keywords: Ontogenetic Intelligence of Nature, Intelligence of Nature, Evolution, Unicist Logic, Unified Field, Human Adaptive Systems, Complexity Sciences, Unicist Theory, Peter Belohlavek, The Unicist Research Institute

JEL Classification: A12