Nonlinear Dynamics Psychology and Life Sciences, 27(1), 29–59p. (2023)
The Birth of Novelty: A Causal and Nonlinear Perspective
M. UnrauHow does novelty arise? While modern scholarly investigations show that new complex system paths arise due to dissipative structures post-bifurcation, few consider the subjectivity of the observer and fewer describe what can be deemed as truly novel in light of a causal chain of deterministic events. By investigating the "problem of novelty " (i.e., how something can come from nothing) and adding a subjective appraisal process for a novelty threshold as per complex systems, this paper offers an alternative view of the birthplace of novelty. The findings reveal that novelty arises in a breach of causal normality described as a causal "breakthrough, " and in a nonlinear "transition zone " post -bifurcation between disordering and ordering, based on quantitative and qualitative criteria. The article offers a subjective approach to nonlinear dynamical self -organization considering both "outliers " and "low-recurrence " in a spatio-temporal perspective to determine what separates novelty from "newness. " Four "preconditions of novelty " (i.e., tension, competition, instability, and diversity) are also presented to clarify favourable conditions for novelty generation.
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