AX-011: Potentiality
Statement (one sentence)
Reality admits a meaningful distinction between potential states and actual events (a non-empty space of possibilities).
Intended meaning (2-5 sentences)
This axiom does not yet choose a quantum interpretation; it asserts only that the framework is allowed to speak about admissible possibilities prior to selection into history. Without potentiality, “actualization” becomes an empty label, because there is nothing to be selected from.
What this is NOT claiming
- Not that all potentiality is quantum superposition.
- Not that possibilities are “fully real” in the same sense as events.
Downstream commitments
- Later tiers must define the relevant state space (carrier/substrate) and law constraints on admissible possibilities.