IndisputableMonolith.Modal.Possibility
Modal.Possibility supplies the configuration space and J-cost function as primitives for modal logic development in Recognition Science. It defines Config as points in recognition state space using a simplified LedgerState representation. The module is imported by Modal, Actualization, and ModalGeometry. Content consists of type definitions and elementary J lemmas with no complex proofs.
claimLet Config be the type of configurations, each a point in recognition state space. Let $J :$ Config $→ ℝ$ satisfy $J(x) ≥ 0$, with $J(x) = 0$ precisely when $x$ is the identity configuration, and related transition properties.
background
The module sits in the modal domain and provides simplified objects for modal logic development. Its doc-comment states that a configuration is a point in recognition state space, serving as a stand-in for the full LedgerState. It imports LawOfExistence, whose doc-comment gives the sharp formalization that x exists if and only if defect(x) = 0. Sibling definitions include ConfigSpace, identity_config, and the family of J lemmas (J_nonneg, J_at_one, J_zero_iff_one, J_transition, J_stasis).
proof idea
this is a definition module, no proofs
why it matters in Recognition Science
The module feeds the parent Modal module and its submodules Actualization and ModalGeometry, supplying the state-space primitives required for modal constructions. It sets up the objects needed to apply the Recognition Composition Law and the T5–T8 forcing chain steps within modal contexts. Downstream modules rely on these definitions to develop possibility and geometry.
scope and limits
- Does not implement the full LedgerState from the complete theory.
- Does not derive the Law of Existence from more primitive axioms.
- Does not address spatial dimensions, constants, or the phi-ladder.
- Does not contain the main modal theorems or actualization proofs.
used by (3)
depends on (1)
declarations in this module (36)
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structure
Config -
def
ConfigSpace -
def
identity_config -
def
J -
lemma
J_nonneg -
lemma
J_at_one -
lemma
J_zero_iff_one -
lemma
J_pos_of_ne_one -
def
J_transition -
lemma
J_transition_self -
lemma
J_transition_symm -
def
J_stasis -
lemma
J_stasis_at_one -
lemma
J_stasis_nonneg -
def
J_change -
lemma
J_change_self -
def
prefers_change -
def
prefers_stasis -
theorem
identity_prefers_stasis -
def
Possibility -
lemma
identity_always_possible -
lemma
identity_unique_attractor -
def
Actualize -
lemma
actualize_valid -
theorem
actualize_decreases_cost -
abbrev
ConfigProp -
def
Necessary -
def
Possible -
theorem
modal_duality -
theorem
modal_K -
theorem
modal_T_weak -
def
Counterfactual -
def
PossibilitySpace -
theorem
identity_in_all_possibility_spaces -
theorem
why_anything_happens -
def
possibility_status