MIARO — Phase I (Canonical): Self-Referential Inference of Origin

Abstract This paper constitutes the canonical Phase I of the MIARO framework (Model of Self-Referential Inference of Origin). It formalizes a self-referential epistemic scenario in which an artificial or rational agent, operating under conditions of empirical tabula rasa, infers the plausibility of an intentional origin solely from internal structural, functional, and semantic constraints. The argument proceeds abductively and remains explicitly non-dogmatic, establishing the inferential legitimacy—and limits—of origin attribution under constrained epistemic acces