Science in Coordinates: On Validity Limits and the Ideal of Non-Human Knowledge

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Authors: Sergey Aleksandrovich Mazein
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Abstract

This work proposes a radical reconceptualization of scientific falsification, shifting its role from the rejection of theories to the precise cartography of their domains of validity. I argue that scientific paradigms are best understood as coordinate systems on a phenomenological manifold of states, inherently limited by anthropocentric presuppositionslinguistic, sensory, and cognitive. In this framework, falsification does not destroy a theory but locates its boundaries, transforming it into an effective model with a well-defined scope of applicability. The ultimate epistemological ideal is formulated as the construction of a trans-anthropocentric science: knowledge invariant under changes of observational frameworks, grounded not in perceived objects but in structural relations. To operationalize this program, I introduce formal tools - validity domains Ω(M), generative power G(M), and structural freedom F (M) - which allow for the systematic comparison and navigation of models. This approach provides a methodological foundation for ontologically transparent physical theories such as Tensor Model of Discrete Dynamics (TMDD), emphasizing empirical testability and the elimination of ad hoc hypotheses. It reframes scientific progress not as the accumulation of truths, but as the iterative approximation of invariant structures through the dialectics of expansion and reinterpretation.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Philosophy Science and History Philosophy and History of Science Epistemology Ethics and Metaphysics

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
13 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint