Error

General Definition

Error, in the Western tradition, is thought of as failure, deviation, or inadequacy. The Ontology of Emergent Complexity reinscribes error as an operative function: it generates variation, instability, and symbolic reorganization.

Ontological Variations in the Ontology of Emergent Complexity

Error as Operative Function

Error is an unforeseen symbolic gesture that reorganizes the system. It is part of the process of emergence.

Error Outside the System of Rules

It is not about failing a norm, but about introducing difference into a field still lacking fixed criteria.

Error as Symbolic Productivity

Every symbolic form emerges from an inaugural difference — not from a failure, but from an unexpected variation that reconfigures the field.

Error As Trigger of Emergence

Error, in the Ontology of Emergent Complexity, is neither deviation nor failure: it is an operator that triggers functional reorganizations with symbolic effects. This entry will be developed to clarify the ontological role of error.