IndisputableMonolith.Modal.Possibility
The Modal.Possibility module supplies the basic objects for modal reasoning in Recognition Science by defining a configuration as a point in recognition state space. It introduces a simplified Config type together with the J-cost function and its elementary properties to support possibility arguments. Researchers developing modal logic, actualization, or geometry in the framework cite this module as the common foundation. The module contains only definitions and direct lemmas with no tactic-heavy proofs.
claimA configuration $C$ is an element of the recognition state space, represented as a simplified LedgerState. The associated cost function satisfies $J(x) = (x + x^{-1})/2 - 1$ together with the elementary relations $J(x) = J(1/x)$, $J(x) = 0$ if and only if $x = 1$, and $J(x) > 0$ for $x > 0$, $x ≠ 1$.
background
The module imports the Law of Existence, whose central statement is that an object exists precisely when its defect vanishes. It therefore works in a setting where existence is reduced to a zero-defect condition before modal operators are introduced. Within this setting the module defines ConfigSpace as the ambient recognition state space and Config as its elements, using a deliberately simplified representation that stands in for the full LedgerState of the complete theory.
proof idea
This is a definition module, no proofs.
why it matters in Recognition Science
The module supplies the core definitions that the parent Modal module, Actualization submodule, and ModalGeometry submodule all import. It therefore occupies the position of the entry point for any modal development that later invokes possibility, actualization, or geometric structure inside the Recognition framework.
scope and limits
- Does not implement the full LedgerState type used in the complete theory.
- Does not derive the Law of Existence or any existence theorems.
- Does not contain modal operators or possibility quantifiers.
- Does not connect configurations to the phi-ladder or mass formulas.
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