Constraint Bundles and Ontic Availability
Abstract
This paper formalizes ontic availability as a consequence of constraint bundling rather than as an independent metaphysical property. It shows that what can be said to “exist” at a given scope is entirely determined by the jointly enforced admissibility constraints that license representation at that level. No object, structure, or distinction is ontically available in isolation; availability arises only where a complete bundle of constraints is simultaneously satisfied. The argument is strictly structural and eliminative, introducing no new entities, dynamics, or explanatory mechanisms. By replacing permissive existence claims with constraint-governed availability, the paper closes a major class of ontological overreach and clarifies why apparent surplus entities emerge solely from incomplete or illicit constraint accounting.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Epistemology
Ethics
and Metaphysics
Philosophy
Science
and History
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 8 February 2026