The Matrix System of the Sense Machine

An instinctual goal is to be understood in the most general sense as the satisfaction, realisation, attainment, achievement, happy result of a process that serves the goal. 

These processes (again in the most general sense) are called here options for realization, material ways that a skill or certain means can be used to realise the instinctual goal.

The Mathematics of the Combination Basic Matrix

The formula reads: an element (of the matrix) = superordinate motive (context) x instinctual goal x options for realization. 

The superordinate motive (context), being derived from the next higher level, becomes the superscript for the matrix and is represented by the matrix number.

In the case shown above, only the numbers 1-5 for the instinctual goals play a role.   Since, however, there are more first-level matrices than we have shown thus far, the matrix number is actually 3 digits. 

With a combination basic matrix, the first digit always designates the basic instinctual goal which is the source of the still debated instinctual drive/motivation (1 = oral, 2 = anal, 3 = genital, 4 = urethral, 5 = intentional). The second and third digits serve to distinguish among the instinctual drives (motivations) within the basic goal.

The normal case is not to strive for a single instinctual goal, but two in combination. 

Organization of the Matrices

 
The further levels we go down, the more factors there are in the product (F x F x F...).

Object Matrix §100 - Material Area

For the object matrix §100, the basic oral instinctual goal of getting (cf. Activity Basic Matrix ) of the superordinate motive or context).

This is a basic combination matrix that in combination creates a second motive (a different one for each element).

Retail shops serve this purpose in our modern world: one gets one wants in exchange for cash.

To classify the different kinds of retail transactions, the following Objekt Basic Matrix is used.

§100-0  Object Basic Matrix – Oral: Supply Sources: Overview
  

In short, the fulfilment of an instinctual goals supplies a second instinctual goal or motivation.

Because a purchase can, in principle, serve all material needs, the divergent content of the matrix is called a „range“. All of the possible objects that can be achieved by realising a basic instinct in combination is called the range of drives, the range of motivations or range of objects.

In object matrix §100, it is not the object, but the source that stands at the fore, because in the original interpersonal meaning of the instinct, the source (i.e. the mother) is the important reference point. The crucial emotional relationship is formed with the mother and only secondarily to the object being given or taken (assuming a non-dysfunctional relationship between giver and receiver).

In the material, modern world, this aspect has largely disappeared. The giver is a retail shop, to which there is generally a less emotional attachment; rather, the focus is on its ability to deliver. For this reason, what the store sells is more important than the name of the company or seller.

An advertisement that manages to establish an emotional bond with a retail shop is, of course, considered a great success. But this is just a sales gimmick. In the material world, it is ultimately all about money.

In this matrix, getting in its original form, where the child receives from the parents, is not included; as explained, this matrix refers to the material perspective of the adult world.

Object Matrix §200 - Material Area

Objects of class 2 are characterized by the fact that they (can) belong to someone. The most important aspect of the anal instinct is having at one's disposal (ownership). "I determine what happens to my things." is the superordinate motive (context). What the object actually does is the secondary motive in the combination.

It becomes more difficult when several people live in a home, but even married couples have their own spaces under the control of only one partner.

Another aspect of the anal instinct is preserving, keeping and protecting property. Objects are well protected from damage or theft in one's own home. One's home corresponds approximately with the home turf of an animal and is therefore usually the single most important possession.

The basic instinctual goal in row 2 is realising one's will. The four basic methods of achieving this goal (what we call options for realization) are: expect, control/possess, design/contrive, exchange. (cf. activity basic matrix )

 Corresponding to waiting, I can expect something to happen in the way I wish (this can only happen with people who are affected by my expectations, who know my expectations and, under the circumstances, are willing to comply with my expectations).

With control/possess, I can express what I want (this is more likely if I want things that belong to me or are in my possession).

Under design/contrive, I shape or modify things so that they conform to my wishes (this works best on things that are available for me to access).

With exchange, I am able to expand my power to things that are actually outside of of my reach. I offer something and in return I get what I want. (theft/robbery is another option, which belongs to the previous section.)

The primary means of exchange today is money. Goods and services are convertible into money at any time. For example, I exchange my labour in exchange for a salary.

This is the reason why activity basic matrix for exchange is at the same position as money is in the object matrix (cf.   §200-0  Object Basic Matrix – Anal). All of the correlations between the elements of the basic activity matrix and the object matrices follow the same principle.

Object Matrix §300 - Material Area

Every journey has a destination, a place (except when one is moving about for its own sake, such as jogging).

Assuming that a journey has a destination, this movement toward a goal falls in the genital superordinate motive (context).

This instinctual area is again combined with the full range of motivations. One set of instincts again serves to deliver another set. - Purposeful movement as such is combined with a goal, a range of places one might want to go to.

 
Element 12 (row 1, column 2) contains all the elements of the §100-0  Object Basic Matrix – Oral

Object Matrix §400 - Material Area

In our modern technological society, learning and earning grades leads into recognition of qualification for a profession  (urethral area). The material recognition, the honorarium - superordinate motive (context) is money, being paid for one's work. As above, there is a full range of possibilities in combination.

The range here are the types of occupations.

A larger number of perspectives (contexts) are needed to cover the wide range of professions that could derive from the basic matrix (retail, service, wholesale, production of consumer goods, production of capital goods, public supply, such as water, electricity, road construction, urban planning, etc. .)

As with the other object matrices, there is both a parallel arrangement of related matrices as well as a vertical arrangement of sub-matrices.

In the basic matrix above, for example, in row 4 column 3 is the concept of "salesperson".

The context of "salesperson" can, in turn, become the context of a sub-matrix containing the range of those kinds of objects that can be sold.

Object Matrix §500 - Material Area

The largest matrix of all is §500. Strictly speaking, it includes all of the previously described ranges simultaneously, because it expresses the intentional instinct with information as the overriding motive (context).

Everything that can arouse human curiosity is a part of this matrix, including the actual moment when curiosity is aroused. Curiosity combines here with the question of what attracted the interest (several ranges).

(Of course, this does not mean that every person is interested in everything. The arousal of curiosity and interest is unique to each individual.

For example, a dry legal text would bore many people, but if it relates to a legal dispute one is personally involved in, the interest will rise sharply.)

Element 54 of the above matrix contains information about things that make one curious.

There is an entire industry devoted to stimulating curiosity. While on the one hand, news and factual reports spread objective news, there is a huge amount of fanciful, made-up information out there, often not based on real events.

This includes the film industry. This fulfils an instinctual need that is does not appear to be necessary for human survival, but most people still anxiously await the ending of a film to see how things turn out.

The more exciting (uncertain) the result of a problematic series of actions, the more people wait for the final outcome of the story.

The whole thing consists of two parts: arousing curiosity and the delayed satisfaction of that curiosity.

Based on how much time and energy people put into creating these fantasy worlds and how many people consume them, one can conclude that it probably must be a basic instinct.

There are many other species that are curious (caution of opponents). Curiosity was certainly a survival advantage for early humans.

Added to this is the compassion, the empathy people begin to feel for other people (in the film). By identifying with a character in a film, a person can quasi experience the action him- or herself and thus satisfy certain instinctual needs with sympathy. Again, there is a full range of possibilities available.

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