title: Causal tapestries for psychology and physics.
abstract: Archetypal dynamics is a formal approach to the modeling of information flow in  complex systems used to study emergence. It is grounded in the Fundamental Triad of  realisation (system), interpretation (archetype) and representation (formal model).  Tapestries play a fundamental role in the framework of archetypal dynamics as a  formal representational system. They represent information flow by means of multi layered,  recursive, interlinked graphical structures that express both geometry (form or sign) and  logic (semantics). This paper presents a detailed mathematical description of a specific  tapestry model, the causal tapestry, selected for use in describing behaving systems such  as appear in psychology and physics from the standpoint of Process Theory. Causal tapestries  express an explicit Lorentz invariant transient now generated by means of a reality game.  Observables are represented by tapestry informons while subjective or hidden components  (for example intellectual and emotional processes) are incorporated into the reality game  that determines the tapestry dynamics. As a specific example, we formulate a random graphical  dynamical system using causal tapestries.
authors.affiliation: McMaster Universtiy, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. sulisw@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Sulis
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D003142:Communication; D003196:Computer Graphics; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009042:Motivation; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D010465:Perception; D010825:Physics; D011584:Psychology; D011601:Psychophysics; D012660:Semantics; D012944:Social Support