👉 Neoformation, also known as "neofunctionalism," is a philosophical and theoretical concept that posits that the fundamental principles of nature are inherently self-renewing, self-sustaining, and self-organizing. This idea was first introduced by the German philosopher Hans-Dietrich Gade in his 1960 book "Neuroseiden: Eine Theorie der Naturwesen" (Neoformation: A Theory of Nature). According to neoformationists, nature
