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Main article: Tree of Knowledge System

The Tree of Knowledge (ToK) System, created by Gregg Henriques, (Ph.D., Assistant Professor Combined-Integrated Doctoral Program, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA), depicts knowledge as consisting of four levels or dimensions of complexity:

The Tree of Knowledge Diagram. Adapted from Presentation on The Official ToK System website.

• Matter
• Life
• Mind
• Culture

that correspond with four classes of objects:

• Material objects
• Organisms
• Animals
• Humans

and four classes of science:

• Physical
• Biological
• Psychological
• Social

Each dimension of complexity is connected to the dimension of complexity beneath it via a theoretical joint point:

• Quantum Gravity
• The Modern Synthesis
• Behavioral Investment Theory (BIT)
• The Justification Hypothesis (JH)

Each joint point provides the causal explanatory framework for how the level of complexity evolved.

Psychology is defined as being "boxed in" between the Life-to-Mind joint point, (conceptualized by BIT), and the Mind-to-Culture joint point, (conceptualized by the JH).

Taken from :

• The Official Tree of Knowledge Website

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