Overview

Cosmos (Greek kosmos, order or harmony) refers to the ordered, intelligible universe. It is the portion of existence that can be observed, measured, or inferred through natural law. It encompasses matter, energy, space, and time as understood by science.

The totality of existence (Being) consists of:

  • the Cosmos (what we can know),
  • the Transcendent (what lies beyond), and
  • the Apeiron (what is yet unknown).
Within this framework, the boundaries of the Cosmos may be expanded by further observation, with a corresponding reduction in the boundaries of the Transcendent and the Apeiron.

Although there may exist more than one instantiation of a cosmos, we are aware only of the single instance within which we dwell, known as the Monad. This instance is effectively a singleton. Hypothetical universes that lie beyond our possible observation are better assigned to the Transcendent or the Apeiron.