Stratification framework

Stratification framework refers to a philosophical approach in viewing the natural world, as being grouped in certain specific categories or layers, known as stratifications. This approach was very prominent prior to the 20th century. It was a major concept in philosophical ideas of Artistotle, such as his theory of categories.^[1] These ideas had a noticeable decline in the 1950s.^[2]

Some current theorists have sought ways to restore this idea as an active method. One notable researcher, Dr. Gregg Henriques, has promulgated one such theory, which posits "four planes of existence in nature and technology." He lists these four planes as follows: "Matter-object, life-organism, mind-animal, culture-person."^[3] He links this to a system of philosophy known as "metamodernism."^[4]

See also

• Naturalism
• Categories (Aristotle)
• Four causes
• First cause
• Anthropic principle
• Biosemiotics
• Tinbergen's four questions
• Convergent evolution
• Five whys
• Four discourses, by Jacques Lacan
• Proximate and ultimate causation
• Socrates
• Teleology
• The purpose of a system is what it does
• Hylomorphism
• Signs § Charles Sanders Peirce

Examples

• Root cause analysis
• Iterated function
• 5S (methodology)
• A3 problem solving
• Eight disciplines problem solving