Dynamic-Complex Materialism

A synthesis of dynamic materialism (process ontology) and complex materialism (emergence, non-linearity). It holds that matter is not static substance but inherently dynamic (processual, temporal, self-moving) and complex (composed of interacting parts whose collective behavior is emergent and not reducible to the sum of components). It draws on process philosophy (Whitehead, Bergson) and complexity science (chaos theory, network theory). Reality is made of processes, not things; stabilities are temporary attractors; and wholes have causal powers that their parts do not. This materialism explains how a hurricane, a cell, a market, and a consciousness can be real material phenomena without being reducible to physics. It rejects reductionism and dualism, offering a unified, non-mechanistic view of nature.

Example: “Dynamic-complex materialism explains how a brain (neuronal processes) gives rise to mind (consciousness) not as a miracle but as an emergent property of a dynamic, complex system—real, material, and irreducible to individual neurons or to physics alone.”

Dynamic-Complex Materialism by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal June 1, 2026