Reality as Relationality: Some Scientific and Anthropological Reflections

This is an article on identity, change and relationality
as constitutive of reality. Starting from the day-to-day experi­-
ence of counting, the author shows that much more than indi­-
vidual monads or numerals (0-9), it is the positioning or pat­
terns that matter in real life. Then he takes up one contempo­-
rary scientific theory to show the significance of relationality.
Thereafter he proceeds to reflect on some anthropological issues
like the renewal of the cells in the body and the notion of person­
ality, as the focus of our attention. Finally, stressing the rela­-
tionship between the scientific notion of “centre of gravity” and
that of the self, and showing that the self (and reality itself) is in
fact a network of interrelating entities, the author speaks of the
essential relationality inherent in nature.