Glossary List of Instancology

Glossary List of Instancology (范例哲学)

By Wade Y. Dong

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I. Core Ontological Structure (2 × 2)

Instancology begins with a fundamental 2 × 2 matrix capturing the Absolute–Relative and Instance–Relation dimensions.

 Relative (R) Absolute (A)

Instance AR: Apparent Realities AA: Ultimate Instance

Relation RR: Relative Relations RA: Absolute Relations

AA: The only absolute instance – indivisible, timeless, issuing all that exists.

RA: Laws, logic, math, and life – non-material absolutes within the world.

AR: All phenomena, entities, events – the "world" in space-time.

RR: All causal, temporal, and structural relations within AR.

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II. Expansion into 4 × 4 × 4

1. Ontological Layer (same as above): R, A, AR, RR, RA, AA

(extended for clarity of crossover and movement)

2. Cognitive Modes (Thinking tools or faculties)

Mode Number Cognitive Mode

1 Intuition

2 Experience

3 Understanding

4 Reason

→ Later extended with:

| 5 | Primitive WuXing (朴素悟性) | | 6 | Absolute WuXing (绝对悟性) |

3. Epistemological Positions (Ways knowledge aligns subject–object)

Position Definition

Subjective Anchored solely in mind/self

Objective Anchored solely in world

Subjectively Objective World is understood via subjective projection

Objectively Subjective Self is shaped by objective structures

Subjectively Subjective Inner projection upon inner cognition

Objectively Objective Structure of world confirms and stabilizes perception

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III. Mind–World Structural Matching (6 × 6)

Mind Ontic Correspondent

Ego R (Relative)

Soul A (Absolute)

Mind AA

Consciousness AR

Thinking RA

Action RR

This matching reveals how mind is an echo of reality, and how our structure of perception reflects the structure of existence.

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IV. Rebirth Principle

All instances in AR arise via rebirth from AA.

No causal continuity exists between two absolute instances; each is issued whole.

Therefore, time is only valid within an instance (AR), not between instances (AA).

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V. Reverse Principle

Every truth and process in the Macro World (AR) has a reverse in the Micro World (RA or AA).

Examples:

Death in AR → Rebirth into new AR (from AA)

Division in RR → Unity in AA

Contradiction in language (RR) → Consistency in Absolute Form (RA)

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VI. Four Formless Absolutes in RA

Placed in RA (not AR, not AA):

1. Logic

2. Mathematics

3. Laws (of nature)

4. Life

These are not material, not evolving, not time-bound – but also not AA.

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VII. Instancological Axioms

1. Only one AA exists. No two absolutes.

2. All worlds (AR) are instances of AA.

3. RA is the bridge between AA and AR.

4. RR makes AR seem continuous.

5. Mind and world are structurally matched, not identical.

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VIII. Six Dimensions in Epistemology (Tools & Modes)

Epistemic Tool Description

Intuition Immediate insight, beyond reason

Experience Empirical engagement with AR

Understanding Pattern recognition and structure

Reason Logical, sequential inference

Primitive WuXing Cultural-archetypal categorization

Absolute WuXing Universal categorization anchored in RA

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IX. 6 × 6 × 6 × 6 Matrix (Final Structure)

1. Ontology: R, A, AR, RR, RA, AA

2. Mind: Ego, Soul, Mind, Consciousness, Thinking, Action

3. Epistemic Modes: Subjective, Objective, Subjectively Objective, etc.

4. Epistemic Tools: Intuition, Experience, Understanding, etc.

This matrix enables total mappings:

How action arises from the AA, flows into AR via Thinking and Consciousness.

How truth emerges through interplay of Reason and RA.

How epistemology reflects ontology, not independently but structurally.

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X. Major Applications of Instancology

Language: Distinguishes symbols from meaning; enables multilingual meaning transfer without re-learning.

Science: Places science in RR-AR relation, RA provides laws science assumes.

Religion: AA replaces God as issuing instance, not creator within time.

Metaphysics: Ends infinite regress by positing AA as ontological terminal.

Epistemology: Unified 6-mode theory beyond empiricism/rationalism divide.

Culture: Explains divergence and convergence via WuXing in Primitive vs Absolute modes.

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XI. Key Differences from Past Philosophies

Historical Thinker Instancology Rebuttal

Descartes Cogito exists in AR; AA cannot be doubted, mind is not AA

Kant Categories belong in RR; noumenon is AA but mis-framed

Hegel Dialectics are RR; AA is not processual

Wittgenstein Language-game is RR; logic belongs in RA

Heidegger Being is RR/AR confusion; AA is not Being

Chomsky UG is RA; not reducible to biology in AR

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XII. Final Conclusion

Instancology is:

A total system of ontology, epistemology, and metaphysics.

A structural philosophy built on the hierarchy and distinction of Instance and Relation.

A unifier of Eastern metaphysical intuitions and Western rational analysis.

A final philosophical architecture in which truth, existence, and mind can be coherently mapped.