Ontology
Perspective-Induced Openness in Deterministic Systems
In production (complete)A structural explanation of why embedded agents can face genuine openness even in deterministic systems.
Function in corpus
Supports the corpus's account of free will and prediction limits without resorting to metaphysical indeterminism. Sharpens the difference between external description and embedded agency.
Details
The paper argues that indeterminacy can arise from embedded position, self-reference, and feedback rather than from randomness. Agents inside a system cannot globally pre-fix their own futures because the attempt to do so becomes part of the system's own unfolding. The result is a form of openness compatible with determinism. ā¢ Connected papers: Resolution Under Degeneracy; Agency, Salience, and Free Will; The Truth Protocol; Can AI Participate in Philosophical Method?