Deep Dive
Informational Ontology — Technical Exposition
This section presents the Informational Ontology (IO) at a technical, graduate-level depth. It assumes familiarity with logic, set theory, and the philosophy of information. Each module refines one stage of the canonical IO chain: Δ → R → I → A → V → M → P.
Available Deep Dive Modules
Start with Difference (Δ) and proceed through the chain. Technical subpages (labeled "formal") provide proofs and definitions.
Difference (Δ) — Deep Dive
Narrative, examples, and structured exposition of Difference as the minimal ontological starting point. Links onward to the formal axiomatization.
Formal layer: Δ — Formal Axiomatization
Relation (R) — Deep Dive
How differences connect, depend, and form the first stable structure.
Formal layer: R — Technical notes
Information (I) — Deep Dive
When relational structure becomes pattern, constraint, and “difference that matters.”
Formal layer: I — Technical notes
Awareness (A) — Deep Dive
When information becomes integrated enough to regulate the system that carries it.
Formal layer: A — Technical notes
Value (V) — Deep Dive
Why “better/worse” appears naturally once awareness exists.
Formal layer: V — Technical notes
Meaning (M) — Deep Dive
How value organizes information into interpretations, stories, and expectations.
Formal layer: M — Technical notes
Purpose (P) — Deep Dive
How meaning extended through time becomes directed action.
Formal layer: P — Technical notes
Time, Constraint, and Direction — Deep Dive
A lay-friendly deep dive explaining why time has a direction as a consequence of constraint asymmetry and expanding possibility space.