The Logic of the Concrete Universal: Structural Teleology and Systemic Totality in the Set-Theoretic Multiverse
Abstract
This paper establishes the final synthesis of the Co-Equal StructureThesis (CEST) and the Axiom of Structural Identity (ASI), movingbeyond model-relative pluralism toward the concept of the Set-TheoreticMultiverse as a Concrete Universal. We demonstrate that local identitydefinitions are mathematically insufficient due to path-dependence andthe subsequent global instability in forcing chains, a failure that necessitates a systemic totality. By characterizing Structural Negentropy as aninvariance condition on transitions, we show (at the meta-inferential level)that mathematical reason is essentially trans-model. We conclude that theAbsolute Idea is realized in the identity of the Objectified Proof (Set) andthe Subjectified Structure (Proof-Skeleton). We emphasize that thisdoes not imply that sets are reducible to proofs, but that their actuality isintelligible only through invariant inferential structure.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophy and History of Science
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Critical Realism in Sociology
Publication details
- Journal / source
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)
- Publication date
- 2 January 2026
- Language
- EN