Individual Evolvement

The Formaterial concept of the Individual thus entails a concept of Individual Evolvement--any increase in Exposition without loss of Propriation--thereby addressing one of the chronic shortcomings in orthodox Evolutionary Theory. Hitherto, the role in Evolution of a particular member of a species has been defined in terms of 'survival of the fittest', in which 'survival' means the continued existence of the species, and 'fitness' refers to the most successful adaptability to an environment by some member. That the Evolutionary principle and the Survival principle were conceived as heteronomous, with priority accorded to the latter, by theorizers such as Spencer, is perhaps best expressed by the point that in their theories, given the survival of a species, evolution is no longer necessary. But, the relation between Survival and Evolution, i. e. continuing to live vs. growing, is analogous to that between Motion and Acceleration--the former is a special case of the latter. And, that any Evolutionary principle would aim for a mere minimum of Evolution is, at best, a questionable hypothesis. Furthermore, the notion that the behavior of particular members is guided by the principle of 'Adaptation to the Environment', is a relic of theories that construe behavior as a response to some environmental destabilization. But, such construals cannot accommodate the notion of self-destabilization, e. g. self-variation, expecially one that is a fundamental ingredient in self-growth. If they could, a species member could be conceived of as more than a means to survival, via the achievement of physical or economic strength, of the species, which is what the most prominent orthodox theories take the Evolutionary role of a particular member to be. Rather, it could be conceived of as entailing an Individual principle of Evolving, which, as will be discussed shortly in more detail, is, at the same time, an ingredient in the Evolvement, i. e. in the increase in Complexity, of its species.