Architectonics

Architectonics is the science pertaining to architecture. Architectonic means relating to or characteristic of architecture, design and construction.

In philosophy the term is used figuratively to mean foundational or fundamental, supporting the structure of a morality, society, or culture. In Kant's architectonic system there is a progression of phases from the most formal to the most empirical C. S. Peirce adapted the Kantian concept as his blueprint for a pragmatic philosophy. Martial Gueroult wrote of "architectonic unities". Michel Foucault adaptation of the concept in his treatise The Archaeology of Knowledge