The Impossibility of Identity Ontological Prohibition, Escape Dynamics, and the Emergence of Reflection
Abstract
This paper develops an ontological framework grounded in a fundamental prohibition: the impossibility of absolute identity. Within metamonism, this prohibition is not logical or epistemic but constitutive of being itself. We formalize this constraint as Fix and derive a primary dynamic operator ( diff ) that enforces continuous deviation from any potential state of symmetry or equilibrium. We show that in a space recursively configured by its own history, deviation necessarily exhausts external degrees of freedom and becomes deviation with respect to its own trajectory, producing a topological loop. Reflection is defined as a structural effect of this loop: the encounter of a process with its own trace. Reflection is thus not a primitive act of consciousness but a secondary ontological consequence of anti-fix dynamics. Implications for biology and philosophy of mind are explored.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)
- Publication date
- 11 February 2026
- Language
- EN