ra of
so-called meta-structures that presumably pervade the universe or 'reality',
but the exemplifications, meanings, and possibilities of each such genus
must be thoroughly investigated and elaborated. The case of hierarchy can
serve as a general example of what must be done and of what is apt to follow
upon the doing of it.

<P>What is meant by the word or concept of hierarchy? One way to answer
this question is by seeing what hierarchy could mean--or what hierarchies
may in fact, or could in theory, exi