Corpus Collapse: A Self-Referential Termination of the Isopahkala Framework
Abstract
This paper presents the final step of the Isopahkala framework series. Applying the framework's own analytical instruments – Access Collapse, Epistemic Hygiene, Reconstructability, Before Truth, and the Phenosophical Whole – to the corpus itself produces a structural termination condition referred to as the Corpus Collapse. Three collapse conditions are derived: 1. The Φ-gate cannot type its own typing conditions, producing an infinite regress.2. The Z-depth of the corpus becomes formally undefined due to recursive reconstruction.3. The FEIK First Law yields a fixed point where the absurdity constant α absorbs all underdetermination. The result is not a contradiction but a structural limit: a framework that maps its own boundaries necessarily encounters them. This paper concludes the Isopahkala research corpus published in 2026.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Epistemology
Ethics
and Metaphysics
Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 15 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint