Concepts and ways of thinking

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# Concepts and ways of thinking Three questions about a path ## What continues through change? A school, a forest and a network continue through changing activities and relationships. In Path Ethics, a **path** is this organised continuity; a **trajectory** describes a particular course it takes. A school’s enrolment trajectory, for example, describes one aspect of its history, not the whole development of its teaching, relationships and organisation. These are the terms as used in this framework, not exclusive meanings of the English words. A-A-P keeps the initials of the German terms Autonomie, Anschlussfähigkeit and Persistenz. In English: autonomy, connectivity and persistence. ## Historical Foundation ### Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) **Konzept:** Continuing to exist Spinoza asks what it means for something to keep going. *In path ethics:* He helps introduce persistence: a path has a history and a way of carrying on. ### Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) **Konzept:** Processes and relationships Whitehead begins with events, not fixed things. *In path ethics:* He helps explain why a path can stay recognisable while its parts change. ### Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995) **Konzept:** Difference and new connections A path can branch, connect and become different. *In path ethics:* Deleuze helps keep openness and difference in view. ### Gilbert Simondon (1924–1989) **Konzept:** Becoming through change An individual is never simply finished. *In path ethics:* Simondon helps explain persistence that learns and changes. ### Niklas Luhmann (1927–1998) **Konzept:** Communication and connection Communication continues by connecting to communication. *In path ethics:* Luhmann helps make connectivity visible in social paths.