Ecological Fractals; A Metaphysics of Being

This paper introduces Ecological Fractals as a cross-domain framework for understanding structure and process. The model proposes that systems in diverse domains - political institutions, biological evolution, and scientific paradigms - share a common morphology (layered like ecosystems), dynamics (nonlinear feedback, chaos, bifurcation), and orientation (toward normative, functional, and epistemic attractors). A set of axioms formalizes this metaphysics, and proof-of-concept models demonstrate recurrent features; metastability, regime shifts, and early-warning signals of transition. while simplified, these models show that the same algorithmic pattern recurs across substrates, suggesting a unifying architecture of being. This contribution is both philosophical - offering a metaphysics that reconciles structure and process - and scientific, outlining a research program with testable predictions.