IndisputableMonolith.Philosophy.ModalOntologyStructure
ModalOntologyStructure defines RS modal predicates by classifying entities according to J-cost and defect status. It imports LawOfExistence and OntologyPredicates to ground necessity as the unique J-minimizer with zero defect. The module supplies definitions for RSNecessary, RSPossible, RSActual, and RSImpossible along with basic properties such as uniqueness and positivity ratios. Researchers formalizing modality inside Recognition Science cite it to link ontology directly to cost minimization.
claim$RSNecessary(x) :⇔ x$ is the unique $J$-minimizer with $defect(x)=0$; $RSPossible(x)$, $RSActual(x)$, $RSImpossible(x)$ defined via positive $J$-cost ratios and non-positive costs.
background
LawOfExistence states that $x$ exists if and only if $defect(x)=0$. OntologyPredicates treats existence and truth as selection outcomes from minimization under the unique $J$ function. The module extends these foundations into modal ontology by defining necessity, possibility, actuality, and impossibility through J-cost properties and defect thresholds.
proof idea
This is a definition module, no proofs.
why it matters in Recognition Science
This module feeds the Recognition Science philosophy domain by supplying modal ontology predicates that connect LawOfExistence to interpretations of necessity and possibility. It structures the predicates used in arguments about existence and truth under the J-cost framework.
depends on (2)
declarations in this module (21)
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def
RSNecessary -
def
RSPossible -
def
RSActual -
def
RSImpossible -
theorem
necessity_is_unique_minimizer -
theorem
necessary_is_one -
theorem
possibility_is_positive_ratio -
theorem
possible_has_finite_cost -
theorem
possibility_is_not_singleton -
theorem
actuality_is_j_minimum -
theorem
actuality_is_unique -
theorem
impossible_is_non_positive -
theorem
possible_not_impossible -
theorem
s5_necessity_implies_actuality -
theorem
s5_actuality_implies_possibility -
theorem
s5_possible_accessible_to_necessary -
def
modalDistance -
theorem
modal_distance_nonneg -
theorem
modal_distance_zero_iff_actual -
theorem
actual_has_zero_modal_distance -
theorem
ph013_modal_certificate