A Category Theory Model for Human Communication and Experience

This work explores the application of a Category Theory model, advocating a paradigm for comprehending human experience and the communication process of a complex system from the perspective of a living Anticipatory System. Following the principles created by Robert Rosen for the anticipatory system and associated models—models that respect the principles of impredicativity, anticipation, and closure to efficient cause (CLEF)—we propose the Performance–Resilience–Sustainability (PRS) model. This new model introduces a new way to explain how anticipatory systems can elucidate the portions of variability observed in practice and research. Anticipatory system theory suggests that models such as PRS have significant potential to complement and explain dynamic phenomena observed in communication and experience development research, as well as in practical applications, underscoring the transformative potential for both fields. This class of models for complex systems may introduce a new dimension of emergent causality and its impact on current behavior, which was not previously considered.