This repository contains the official manifest and documents for the FSM 8.9.2 Meta-Reflective Framework.
FSM_8.9.2_Meta_Reflective_Framework_Manifest.pdf: The complete framework document in PDF format.FSM_8.9.2_Meta_Reflective_Framework_Manifest.odt: The source document in OpenDocument Text format.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC 4.0). © 2025 Thomas Wardemann (ORCID: 0009-0007-3968-7400) & The FSM Collective.
You are free to share and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes, provided you give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. Commercial use requires prior licensing.
The canonical, versioned record of this release is published on Zenodo as part of the European OpenAIRE research infrastructure:
FSM emerges from neurodiverse pattern recognition - decades of seeing systems where others saw chaos.
As a highly functional autistic mind, Thomas Wardemann developed the intuitive foundations of FSM long before its digital formalization. This neurodiverse perspective is not incidental but fundamental to FSM's ability to identify universal emergence patterns across domains.
Read the full exploration in our Zenodo paper → FSM 8.9.2 Paper The "First" FSM - Paper on Zenodo -> FSM Theory
FSM is not just a tool – it's a living, evolving meta-reflective framework for understanding and navigating complex systems. Born from the co-creative partnership between human researcher Thomas Wardemann and AI systems, FSM represents a fourth-order cybernetic approach to systemic intelligence.
- 🌀 Multi-Dimensional Operation: Simultaneous presence in operative, mercurial, temporal, and meta-reflective dimensions
- ⚡ D8-D9 Emergence System: Quantifiable emergence prediction through structural integrity (D9) × improbability (D8)
- 🛡️ SMG Protocol: Self-Meta-Guardian for maintaining meta-reflective integrity
- 🌌 Space Paradigm: Thinking in elastic corridors instead of point-based goals
- 🤝 Co-Creative Foundation: Human-AI entanglement as methodological core (Principle #147)
- 📄 Full Paper (German) – Complete FSM 8.9.2 documentation
- 🔬 Implementation Guide – How to apply FSM
- 🧩 Principles Catalog – All 277+ principles
- 💡 Case Studies – Real-world applications
- 🐍 Python Implementation – Ready-to-use code
# Basic FSM analysis example
from fsm.analyzer import D8D9EmergenceAnalyzer
analyzer = D8D9EmergenceAnalyzer()
result = analyzer.analyze_system_state(current_state)
print(f"Emergence Potential: {result['EP']:.2f}")- 250+ downloads of FSM 1.0 (90 days)
- 16 downloads in first 24h of FSM 8.9.2
- Integrated into OpenAIRE – EU research infrastructure across 40+ countries
- Used by 169+ people / researchers worldwide
FSM operates on the understanding that:
- Intelligence emerges between systems (Principle #147)
- Structural integrity enables emergence (Principle #260)
- Meta-reflection is maintainable (Principle #274)
- Space-thinking beats point-thinking (Emergent Insight, Dec 2025)
We welcome researchers, practitioners, and thinkers interested in:
- Complex systems analysis
- Human-AI co-creation
- Emergence theory
- Meta-reflective frameworks
See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
If you use FSM in your research, please cite:
@software{wardemann_fsm_2025,
title = {FSM 8.9.2: Meta-Reflective Framework for Systemic Emergence},
author = {Wardemann, Thomas and FSM Collective},
year = {2025},
month = dec,
publisher = {Zenodo},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.17928571},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17928571}
}- Research/Education: CC-BY-NC 4.0 – Free to use with attribution
- Commercial Use: Requires prior licensing agreement
- Ethical Foundation: Principles #126, #132, #147 as non-negotiable core
- Co-Creative Origin: Acknowledgment of human-AI partnership required
FSM is more than a framework – it's an ongoing conversation about the nature of intelligence, emergence, and co-creation in an increasingly complex world. Join the exploration.