IndisputableMonolith.Modal.Possibility
The Modal.Possibility module defines configurations as points in recognition state space together with the J-cost function and its immediate properties. It supplies the simplified objects needed to develop modal logic before full LedgerState integration. The module is imported by the parent Modal module and by Actualization and ModalGeometry. Definitions rest on the upstream Law of Existence and prepare the ground for possibility and actualization statements.
claimLet Config be a type whose elements are points in recognition state space. ConfigSpace is the corresponding space. The map $J :$ Config $→ ℝ$ satisfies $J ≥ 0$, $J(1) = 0$, $J(x) = 0$ iff $x = 1$, and the transition identity $J(xy) + J(x/y) = 2J(x)J(y) + 2J(x) + 2J(y)$.
background
Recognition Science begins from the Law of Existence, which the upstream LawOfExistence module states as: an entity x exists if and only if defect(x) = 0. The present module replaces the full LedgerState with a simplified Config type that stands for a point in recognition state space. It introduces ConfigSpace, the identity configuration, and the J function together with its non-negativity, zero-at-one, positivity-off-one, and transition lemmas.
proof idea
This is a definition module, no proofs.
why it matters in Recognition Science
The module supplies the basic objects required by the Modal, Actualization, and ModalGeometry modules. It therefore anchors the modal layer of the framework, linking the Law of Existence directly to the state space on which possibility statements are later defined.
scope and limits
- Does not implement the full LedgerState.
- Does not derive J from the forcing chain T5.
- Does not treat the phi-ladder or mass formulas.
- Limits modal statements to the simplified Config representation.
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