Formal Ontology and Dynamic Oneness

Exploring the ontological foundations of logic

Abstract

The current of thought that flows from the spiritual heritage of Chiara Lubich has begun to have impact in a number of different fields of investigation and scholarly pursuit. This brief article presents a reflection on the theme of dynamic oneness from the viewpoint of logic, or more specifically of “formal ontology.” For Edmund Husserl formal ontology, closely related to formal mathematics, expands the scope of logic to include not only forms of judgements but the complementary realm of objects, considered in their underlying structural makeup. The axiomatic framework elaborated by the mathematician Ennio De Giorgi can be taken as a point of departure for a regressive inquiry towards a more primordial, elementary category of relationality suitable for expressing the specific pattern of dynamic oneness under study in terms of formal ontology. The recent attempt of L. Obojska in this direction introduces new normal notions and terms and provides ground for future in-depth research and interdisciplinary exchange.