[DSRP Evidence](https://dsrpevidence.org/)

# The Grammar of Reality

The organizing principles of structure and emergence

## Details

**Authors** Cabrera D, Cabrera L

**Year** 2025

**Publisher** Journal of Systems Thinking

**Kind of work** article

**Reading level** intermediate

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.2025-000003) 
10.54120/jost.2025-000003

## In authors' words

### Abstract

An account of the organizing principles shared by structure and emergence, presenting the same four patterns operating at quantum, molecular, biological, cognitive, cultural and social scales.

### What they found (results)

An isomorphism table showing the DSRP structure instantiated at each scale, with emergence treated as change in organization rather than as an unexplained surplus.

## Commentary

### Response

The cross-scale reach of the reality claim, and the source of the fractality argument. The correspondences are mappings performed by the authors rather than measurements, which is the same evidentiary status as the literature review.

**Patterns it shows** D, S, R, P

## Questions it bears on

- Q2. [What is organization (O)?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/what-organization)
- Q4. [Does this organization (O) exist in reality?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/completeness-reality)
- Q5. [Does the same organization (O) hold across every domain and scale?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/scale-generality)
- Q19. [What is emergence (E)?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/emergence)

**How to cite this** Cabrera D, Cabrera L (2025). The Grammar of Reality: The organizing principles of structure and emergence. Journal of Systems Thinking.