Features of Evolvement

Evolvement is a process that captures both the essence of what is normally meant be 'Evolution' in the Darwinian sense, as well as any other situation describable by the ordinary use of 'evolving', e. g. 'growth'. In fact, since it means 'an increase in Complexity', in which 'Complexity' means 'an increase in Diversity without loss of Sameness', it can apply to anything that has both Diversity and Sameness', i. e. any System, and, hence to anything that exists. Dialectic is a special case of Evolvement, in which the increase in Diversity is restricted to the generation of only one type of variation, namely to the generation of an antithesis. So, the scope of Evolvement is at least as broad as Hegel, Marx, Engels, etc. intended. It can apply as much to a species as it does to a member of that species, so it can be shown how an Evolvement of an individual conduces to the Evolvement of a society or the race as a whole. That would solve what I have previously been describing as the 'problem of Materialism', namely, how the pluralization of the race can be regarded as a progressive development, not a cosmic catastrophe. Since Evolvement is a process that obtains with respect to a given system or systems, it is always situational. For example, motion, i. e. a diversification of location, is an Evolvement of an object with respect to its being at rest, and acceleration, i. e. diversification of motion, is an Evolvement of that same object with respect to its uniform motion. Furthermore, Diversification has infinite possibilities--doubling, tripling, quadrupling, etc. all entail Diversification--in which a comparison of degree of Evolvement can be made, e. g. the tripling of the size of a balloon via inflation is more Evolved than its doubling. This possibility of degrees of Evolvement, and their comparison, as will be seen later, facilitates Ethical evaluation. For the moment, one of the seeming inconsistencies in Darwinism can be brought to light, and clarified. As I have discussed on previous occasions, Darwinism proposes that Evolution is a fundamental law of nature, and, yet, subordinates it to Survival, i. e. it holds that Evolution is merely a means to something else, survival. But now, the relation between Survival and Death can be likened to that between Motion and Rest. So, mere Survival is in fact Evolvemental, but it is less of an Evolvement than not merely surviving, but, for example, growing.