Inclusionism Core
Interaction
The exchange, influence, observation, participation, or relationship between agents, systems, or environments.
This page presents the Inclusionism canon's treatment of Interaction. Inclusionism was developed by James Felton Keith and is published with the Keith Institute.
Definition
The exchange, influence, observation, participation, or relationship between agents, systems, or environments.
Inclusionist Perspective
Interaction is the mechanism through which value emerges.
Without interaction there can be existence, but there can be no relational value.
Core Principle
Value emerges through interaction.
Inclusionist Thought Experiment
In a hypothetical reality containing only a single isolated object, existence may occur, but relational value cannot emerge.
The moment a second object exists, interaction becomes possible.
Interaction creates the conditions for witnessing, differentiation, information exchange, and value emergence.
Inclusionist Perspective
Civilization itself is a large-scale system for organizing interactions among agents.
Interpretation and Consequence
An interaction can be encountered differently by its participants, observers, and people affected without participating directly.
These interpretations are themselves consequential, but no interpretation automatically contains the whole interaction. Contextual Legitimacy and Relational Interpretation distinguishes authentic experience, factual accuracy, intention, consequence, legitimacy, and equitable response.
Relationships
Existence
Candidate Law
Value emerges through interaction.