Ontology of Knowledge in 15 essential points (iss.20260212)

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Authors: Jean-Louis Boucon
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Abstract

In a pure probabilistic field (without space, time, or matter), the term would be empty for lack of support. Now, due to its infinite combinatorics, this field necessarily resolves itself into nested structures of singular modes of order. A singularity S1 is defined as a self-reflexive core (P(S1|S1) = 1), probabilistically closed (Σ P(Si| S1) = 1). Then the conditional relation P(S1|S2) does not describe a link between given entities: it is postulated as primitive reality in which S1 and S2 are emergent singularities. The subject is a singularity in that structure. The closure of the knowing-subject 'I' and its granulation into singularities of non-zero probability are necessary preconditions for meaning: it is through 'I's internal resolution that S1 and S2 singularize themselves and that P(S1|S2) acquires meaning. Without this resolution under the constraint of its unity 'I' would be unspeakable. The world is not "in itself" : it is morphogenesis, it is the sense that emerges within the singularity of the subject, a representation generated by a system closed upon itself. The real does not have meaning, it « gives meaning to itself ». This circularity is not a flaw, it is productive: the probabilistic field has measure only through its singularities, and these exist because the field complexity resolves into singularities.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Philosophy and Theoretical Science Epistemology Ethics and Metaphysics Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

Publication details

Journal / source
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN