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Omega is the foundational set of values common to life.
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| Attribute | Value | Notes | |
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| Class | NoamFramework | ||
| Name | Omega | ||
| Type | Property | ||
| Symbol | Ω | ||
| Namespace | GrandFramework_0_1_0.Cliome.Meme.Omega | ||
| Version | 0.1.0 | ||
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Properties
Parent: Nu
Syblings: None
Child: None
Other: Sigma, Nu, Rho, Pi, Tau, Upsilon, Eta, Omega, Omicron, Xi
Specific Classes
In brief
Symbol system
Ω
Details
I have used nu in the noam framework to denote values, those things that are important. Values are relative to each other and can depend on each other. For example, someone may value their job and want to keep it. It may be a calling vocation but often it is can be just a means to an end. The job pays a wage that pays the rent and puts food on the table. These suggest a chain of values and needs and is Maslow like, but where does it end? The foundation is the Darwinian bottom line, survival and reproduction. I have chosen omega for its symbol. Omega (Ω) represents the core values upon which all our other values are derived and is the basis for all our activities.
For the noam framework, Omega is a given so it isn’t worth modelling. it is here for structural, completeness, and philisophical reasons.
The concept of nu is that of some core value but not as fundamental as Omega. In a sense Omega is fundamental to all life, it is the telos in the alpha-omega. But nu is not that endpoint, rather it can be any point before, whether recognised or not. It can be general as in the need for food, or specific, or particular to the individual. It is in Toulmin’s terms, a grounds. The Darwinian bottom line cannot be doubted: it is indubidum from which needs and wants are derived. Omega, though is essentially universal; it applies to all life, and maybe also that which is not life.
In keeping with set theory, I have denoted particular elements of a nome in Greek lower-case, and particular elements of a Toulmin argument in Latin lower case. I have noted in previous blogs that there is a ladder of “a” in the FABULA framework. This is a set and denoted by a capital: “A”. Similarly, particular elements, and sets of elements are denoted by Greek lower and upper case respectivly. For the idea of value, there is a ladder of nu (ν); this is a set, which is represented by Nu (Ν); both the letter and its outspelling are capitalised. In the diagram the ladder of needs is a capital Latin N; the ladder of values is a capital Greek Ν. They might look identical and be confusing, but the first refers to the Toulmin form, while the latter to the noam.
The bottom line Omega (Ω) are also capitalised as this is not particular to the noam, but considerd universal.
Relation of other framework elements
Examples
{law, science, sales (direct, mlm), PR, military, thermostat, environmentalism, the cat sat on the mat}
Application
Related Issues
Versioning and change-log
Origin and history
Fun fact: omicron, the small “o” in Greek comes from o-micron; the big “o”, omega, comes from o-mega. micron meaning small, mega meaning big!
Current version
NoamFramework 0.1.0