Potentials alone do not constitute worlds; it is relation that actualises them. Emergence is the process by which patterns of potential coalesce, align, and differentiate through relational interaction. Worlds come into being not as pre-existing forms but as effects of relational dynamics, momentary stabilisations that arise from the interplay of intensity, tension, and flow.
Emergence is fundamentally processual and perspectival. Every relational interaction selects certain possibilities while leaving others latent. These selections are not arbitrary; they are shaped by the gradients, folds, and cuts present within the field of potential. Each act of relation contributes to the evolving topology of the field, producing configurations that are simultaneously local and systemic.
Importantly, emergence is multi-scalar. Local interactions — the alignment of adjacent intensities, the modulation of flows, the folding of space — cascade upward to produce larger-scale patterns. Conversely, global structures exert downward influence, guiding local actualisations and constraining or enabling further differentiation. Worlds, therefore, are co-individuated across scales, their form arising from a constant interplay of micro- and macro-level relational processes.
Emergence is also dynamic and iterative. Patterns stabilise long enough to interact, generating feedback that reshapes potential and opens new avenues for actualisation. No world ever fully completes its emergence; each is provisional, an ongoing negotiation between coherence and openness, stability and flux.
Through the lens of relational ontogenesis, then, worlds emerge because relations act upon potential. Each relational interaction is both a generator of pattern and a modulator of possibility, and it is through this continuous interplay that worlds become coherent, differentiated, and capable of sustaining further relational activity.
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