OEC David Cota Ontology of Emergent Complexity

Theme II

Matter in Excess: How the Real Comes to Be

General Index Field-Book I Theme II

This second theme turns from the instability of beginnings to the self-sufficiency of matter. It follows the real as it organises itself, exceeds its temporary forms, and resists every foundational narrative.

Theme introduction

Matter acts before it is named

Theme II examines the self-sufficiency of the real. Its chapters move from the real without witness, to excess as the motor of form, and finally to the philosophical masks that have tried to domesticate origin.

What comes into view here is matter acting without a subject, reorganising itself from within rather than awaiting language, intention, or metaphysical sanction.

Theme chapters

The three chapters of this theme