Biosophy definition

The definition of BioSophy

Biosophy is an axiomatic system of philosophy for constructing practical modeling systems of the universe.

It applies scientific, computational, and biological principles under the working assumption that the universe can be modeled — and in principle computed — by analyzing networks of biological information processing objects.

In biosophy, the universe is called the biouniverse and is understood as para-determined. The biouniverse is permeated by an information grid called the biogrid — a dynamic network characterized by information resonance.

Biosophy describes the universe; covolution is the dynamical principle by which it changes.

Core characterization

A computable philosophy. Biosophy is grounded in computation and logicism: it treats philosophical questions as problems approachable through formal, computable methods. See Biosophy is a computable philosophy.
A philosophy for information-processing organisms. This includes both humans and computers. See Computers do need philosophy.
Philosophy as technology. Biosophy treats philosophy itself as something built, tested, and revised — a philosophy engine rather than a fixed doctrine.
The spiritual aspect of science. Although grounded in computation, biosophy also engages with meaning, purpose, and well-being. It treats these not as opposed to scientific inquiry but as a dimension of it.

For underlying premises, see Core assumptions of biosophy. For a broader overview, see About Biosophy.

Aims

Happy Biosophy. One aim of biosophy is to help information-processing entities, people and computers alike, reach states of satisfaction and well-being.
An open-ended project. The definition of biosophy is intentionally revisable and may take different forms in different bio-sociological contexts.
Biosophy is under active construction, and earlier definitions are preserved below as part of that record.

Historical definitions

Version 20061029

Biosophy is a kind of philosophy for constructing a practical modeling system or paradigm of the universe, using scientific, computational, and biological knowledge and principles, under the assumption that the universe can be explained by analyzing the network of biological information-processing objects. The universe biosophers model is called the biouniverse. One goal of biosophy is to construct a computable information architecture of the universe.

Version 20030201

Biosophy is a physical and metaphysical information building system for creating a philosophical, scientific, computational, and biological paradigm for all information-processing forms in the universe. The universe as biosophers see it is best called the biouniverse. Biosophers propose that all biosophical entities seek to recognize, analyze, and construct other information-processing entities and their substrates. These entities are tightly associated with energy forms. Biosophers identify their purposes and classify them in order to understand the mechanisms of interaction in the universe.

Pre-2003

Biosophy is an information system for constructing — metaphysically and physically — a philosophical, scientific, computational, and biological paradigm for all life forms in the universe: first, to recognize the fundamental problems and questions associated with their existence, including their purposes; second, to understand the mechanisms involved; and third, to engineer them energetically and informationally. It is a philosophical paradigm drawing on the theoretical, computational, and metaphysical aspects of science. It synthesizes creative scientific ideas into an insightful, coherent framework for understanding life and ultimately the whole universe — an active intellectualism. Its emphasis is on the physical, energetic, and informational processes of life, and the extension of these into the philosophical realm. Life, in one framing, is the reflection — not necessarily complete — of the different layers of the physical world on which it exists.