Entropic Coherence Theory

Entropic Coherence Theory (ECT) is a conceptual, constraint-based framework for analyzing how open systems persist, integrate, and sometimes collapse under irreversible entropic pressure. Drawing on thermodynamic metaphors, systems theory, and historical analysis, ECT defines coherence as the strategic management of tension arising when localized negentropy resists entropy. The framework introduces coherence tiers—recurrent attractor patterns observed across physical, biological, cognitive, social, and institutional systems—and their stress-induced inversions, termed anti-coherence. ECT is explicitly diagnostic, comparative, and descriptive; it does not claim to generate predictive models or explain the fundamental nature of reality. This project provides a structured lens for exploring persistence strategies, structural limits, and failure modes across domains, offering insights for researchers in systems theory, history, organizational studies, and philosophy of science.