Will and Transcendence

'To transcend' means 'to exceed', and the principle of Excession in the model of Experience being presented here is Will. Thus, on this model, Transcendence is a mode of Will. Hence, the model refutes traditional doctrines that argue that the very idea of a transcendent realm, or of a transcendent entity, proves the existence of its content, on the grounds that the idea could not be derived from any immanent source. In fact, Evolutionary Theory, in positing that organisms have a natural impetus to develop higher types, entails such a refutation of those traditions. That such a refutation remains relatively under-explored is likely a reflection of the typical subordination of that thesis to the survival principle in Darwinism.