The Grammar of Constraints: A Two-Tier Architecture for Physics, Life, Mind,and Society

Weintroduceaformaltwo-tiergrammarinwhichallphenomenaaremodeledasconstraintbasedselectionsoverpossibilityspaces.Theframeworkisbuiltontwoprimitiveoperators—AwarenessandFocus—whichgeneraterealizedstatesbyconditioningpossibilityunderconstraint.Wedevelopatype-theoreticcore (G0), ameasure-theoreticextension(G0(µ)), anddomain-specificdialects forphysics(G1),biologyandcognition(G2),andsocial systems(G3). Inphysics,actionprinciplesandquantummeasurementarereformulatedasconstraintselection. Inbiology,life isdefinedascoherenceunderperturbationviaself-maintainingconstraints. Incognition,perceptionanddecisionariseasinternalFocusovermodeledpossibilityspaces. Insociety, law,money, andnarrative are formalizedas distributedconstraint architectures. This grammarunifiesentropy, information, evolution, learning,andpowerunderasingle invariantstructure,providinganewfoundationforscientificandsocial theory