Concepts

Ontology of Play – Conceptual Framework

The following concepts form the core vocabulary of the Ontology of Play.
They are not independent definitions, but interrelated elements of a process-based account of reality.

The structure below follows the internal logic of the theory: from dynamic interaction, through constraint and stabilization, to possibility and the emergence of novelty.

Conceptual Map

Concept Map This map visualizes the relational structure of the Ontology of Play, from foundational processes to the emergence of meaning and self.


Foundations


Structuring


Possibility


Novelty


Integration