Propriation

To more sharply distinguish the Formal Principle from the ordinary meaning of 'appropriation', I am modifying the latter to one of its obsolete ancestors, 'Propriation'. Likewise, the definition of 'Propriation' is the more precise 'making one's own'. The distinction that I want to draw can be observed in two examples of the process of internalization. In one, which qualifies as 'appropriation', some household items are moved inside a room. In contrast, an example of Propriation, a structure is built around the items. In both examples, internalization is achieved, but in Propriation the enclosing structure emerges at the end of the process, whereas in appropriation, it is generally taken to precede the process. (This former is also Whitehead's notion of Unity 'emerging' from Concrescence.) Also, the enclosing structure imposes organization on what had originally been a random aggregation of items. (In Kantian language, a Category is an expression of the Transcendental Unity of Apperception.) Furthermore, the room can be expanded to accommodate additional items, in which case, once again, Unity is produced by Propriation. Now, to begin to relate Propriation and Exposition, what Propriation internalizes are Expositions, e. g. goings outside to create new items. (While Propriation is analogous to his Concrescence, Whitehead's system is completely lacking in any process that corresponds to Exposition.)