Inclusionism Core
Differentiation
The process through which agents become distinct from one another through identity, behavior, capability, knowledge, perspective, or participation.
This page presents the Inclusionism canon's treatment of Differentiation. Inclusionism was developed by James Felton Keith and is published with the Keith Institute.
Definition
The process through which agents become distinct from one another through identity, behavior, capability, knowledge, perspective, or participation.
Inclusionist Perspective
Differentiation is one of the primary sources of value emergence.
Without differentiation there can be interaction.
Without interaction there can be no novel value.
Core Principle
Communities grow through the differentiation of their participants.
Inclusionist Perspective
Belonging and differentiation are not opposites.
Belonging evolves through the continual incorporation of differentiated agents.
Differentiated agents can interpret the same interaction through different histories, vulnerabilities, relationships, and positions. These perspectives can reveal distinct consequences without becoming equally complete accounts. See Contextual Legitimacy and Relational Interpretation.
Civilizational Importance
Differentiation drives:
innovation
creativity
learning
Relationships
Candidate Law
Communities grow through the differentiation of participants.