Ecosystem as a topos of complexification

To continue the investigations of ecosemiotics, the topos of complexification is proposed as a filter through which humans perceive and interact with nature. The topos is characterized by the qualities of self-referentiality, stochasticity or heterogeneity, discontinuity, simultaneous multiple perspectives, radical subjectivity, and nonlocality. The topos is formally constructed by employing an iterated function system as the morphism that transitions between succeeding world states, eventually resulting in fractal world states. The topos is presented in a general form which is universally applicable to all worldly processes. Descriptive examples are provided from ecosystem ecology, law and Cubism. The relations between these examples, and the insights they provide, are discussed. A new direction for ecosystem studies is suggested.