P-01: Foundations (T0-T1)

Scope

Lock the minimal starting commitments and the ontological constraints they force (parsimony, causal power, agency/actualization).

Canonical axiom range

• T0: AX-001 to AX-004
• T1: AX-005 to AX-017

Required definitions (to link)

• D-002 Information
• D-003 Coherence
• D-004 Causation
• D-001 Logos Field (Chi) (only if you decide χ belongs in Foundations; otherwise keep it first appearing in P-02)

Operator/action catalog (what exists can “do”)

Foundations should only introduce minimal operators needed for intelligibility and causal structure (not theology yet).

• OP-010 Actualization - Selection
• OP-011 Measurement - Observation

Anticipated objections & replies (high-level)

• “You can’t prove axioms.” → Correct; axioms are defended by indispensability + self-refutation traps + downstream explanatory power.
• “This is wordplay.” → Enforce type discipline: definitions are precise; testability is deferred to hypotheses/operationalizations.