Types of Strata

 

First Type of
Strata

Second Type of
Strata

Third Type of
Strata

Examples

geological stratum,
crystalline stratum,
physicochemical strata

organic stratum,
cellular chemistry

anthropomorphic stratum

Nature of the Real Distinction between Content and Expression
real - formal
real - real
real - essential
 
distinction is formal and concerns a single aggregate or subject
distinction is real and concerns flat multiplicities
distinction is essential
 
distinction between different Orders of Magnitude
distinction between different Molecules, Things, or Subjects
distinction between different Attributes, Genres of Being, or Irreducible Categories
(things and words)

Relations between
Content and Expression

expression is dependent upon the expressed molecular content in all directions and in every dimension and has independence only to the extent that it appeals to a higher order of magnitude and to exterior forces

expression becomes independent in its own right, autonomous

reduction of form and substance of expression to a unidimensional line, guaranteeing their reciprocal independence from content without having to account for orders of magnitude; expression is independent of content and of any directed action in the exterior milieu

determines a derivative form of expression, one that is relative to content and that, through a folding back upon itself, yields the three-dimensional structures

Mode of
Dynamic Transfer
induction

transduction

translation
Coding
coding of a stratum coextensive with that stratum

coding of a stratum takes place on an autonomous and independent line that detaches as much as possible from the second and third dimensions

Overcoding

does not require effective overcoding of any kind, only phenomena of end-to-end connection, local regulations, and partial interactions

overcoding takes place at the level of integrations implying different orders of magnitude
Type of Expression
Resonance
of Expression
Linearity
of Expression

(spatial linearity)
Superlinearity
of Expression

(temporal linearity)
Relation between Molar and Molecular
molar can be said to express microscopic molecular interactions
preserves and amplifies the relation between the molecular and the molar. expression and content are now molecular and molar
 
"the crystal is the macroscopic expression of a microscopic structure"
"the crystaline form expresses certain atomic or molecular characteristics of the constituent chemical categories"
Dimensionality of Expression
Expression is volumous or superficial
Expression is linear, unidimensional
Expression is
Form of Content
homoplastic
form of content
alloplastic
form of content

(brings about modifications in the external world)
hand-tool couple
Form of Expression  
genetic
form of expression
linguistic
form of expression

(operates with symbols that are comprehensible, transmittable and modifiable from outside)
face-language couple
Stratifies
matter
life
humanity
Metastrata
submolecular, unformed Matter
anorganic life
non-human becomings