Pattern Theory is a groundbreaking exploration of the concept of pattern across a range of disciplines, including science, neuroscience, psychology, and social sciences.
This book examines the meaning and implications of pattern, presenting a comprehensive body of theory that unifies concepts of form, order, and regularity and connects them to memory and perception. By challenging existing orthodoxies and linking evidence from brain and mind function, it outlines a robust theoretical framework around pattern searching and matching, pattern activation, and the continuity of pattern nexuses and branes. This in-depth study of pattern theory and pattern thinking delves into the cognitive basis of patterns, their impact on reasoning and learning, and the social and collaborative nature of pattern recognition, expression, and representation. It also addresses philosophical issues and implications surrounding shared pattern thinking and introduces a broad conceptual basis for 'pattern inquiry,' providing a range of questions and methodologies for applying pattern theory. The book culminates in a manifesto for pattern theory and its application in pattern inquiry, offering fifty key principles that can be applied across various settings. Researchers, scholars, and practitioners are encouraged to explore and critique this unified theory as a lens for examining social and cognitive phenomena.
Ideal for academics and professionals seeking to challenge their understanding of the connections between mind and society, as well as for those looking to deepen their understanding of pattern as a cognitive phenomenon, as a theoretical lens, and as a meta-methodology for inquiry, this text provides a substantive foundation for ongoing development and application of pattern science across multiple fields.
This book examines the meaning and implications of pattern, presenting a comprehensive body of theory that unifies concepts of form, order, and regularity and connects them to memory and perception.
Acknowledgements
1. An Introduction
Word Games
Structure of the Book
References
2: We Need to Talk about Pattern
Philosophical Perspectives on Pattern
Design Patterns and Pattern Languages
Mathematics and Patterns
Pattern and Mind
Pattern Aesthetics
Chapter Summary
References
3: Form, Order, and Regularity
Form
Order
Regularity
Chapter Summary
References
4: Perception and Pattern
Patterns and Memories
Pattern Perception
Abductive, Integrative, Efficient
Attention, Cueing, Anticipation
Micropattern, Mesopattern, Macropattern
Pause for Thought
Chapter Summary
References
5: Pattern Thinking
Affordances
Interpretations
Pattern Reasoning
Affective Pattern Thinking
Pattern and Learning
Pattern and Learning Theory
Shared Pattern Thinking
Limits to Pattern Thinking
Artificial Pattern Thinking
Chapter Summary
References
6: Externalising Patterns
Pattern Instances
Pattern Expressions
Pattern Representations
Pattern Systems and Pattern Languages
Pattern Creativity
Chapter Summary
References
7: Pattern Philosophy
Pattern Ontologies
General Pattern Epistemologies
Macropattern Epistemologies
Pattern Meta-epistemology
Pattern Axiology
Chapter Summary
References
8: The Basis of Pattern Inquiry
Patterned Theory
Pattern Inquiry
Methodological Precedents
Chapter Summary
References
9: The Practicalities of Pattern Inquiry
Worked Example Developing a Pattern System
Pattern-Informed Inquiry
Implied and Latent Pattern Thinking
Integrating Pattern Inquiry
Rigour and Integrity in Pattern Science
Chapter Summary
References
10. A Pattern Manifesto
Patterns
Pattern Thinking
Shared Pattern Thinking
Pattern Inquiry
Situating Pattern Theory
Word Games
Conclusions
References
Index
Rachel H. Ellaway is a professor in Community Health Sciences, and Director of the Office of Health and Medical Education Scholarship, at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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